The 2024 presidential election is unique because both President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his Republican challenger, President Donald J. Trump, are one-term options. Either man offers the potential for the first 12-year ticket since President George H.W. Bush succeeded President Ronald W. Reagan for a 1981-1993 one-party run.
Putting aside the dark fantasy of the second Biden term followed by Vice President Kamala Harris moving into the Oval Office, the play is on the Republican side.
There are roughly 10 names being floated as possible Trump running mates, all of whom would become the heir apparent the moment Trump is sworn in for his first time, four senators: Florida’s Marco Rubio and Ohio’s J.D. Vance, Arkansas’ Tom Cotton and South Carolina’s Tim Scott; two congressmen: New York’s Elise Stefanik and Florida’s Byron Donalds; one former Trump cabinet officer: Dr. Ben…
