Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that he'll think about his political future after the midterm elections, as the rumor mill churns over whether he'll run for president in 2028. But he's in no hurry to decide.

"Usha and I will absolutely sit down and talk about what comes next for our family," Vance told CBS, adding that conversation won't happen until after November. "The way I make decisions is, I try not to make them until I absolutely must."

For now, Vance says he's focused on being vice president and doesn't want future ambitions to get in the way. "I really don't ever want my thought about a future job, whether it's president or anything else, to make me a worse vice president," he said. "And the way to do that is to keep my attention on the job I have right now."

But while Vance is keeping his head down, President Donald Trump is apparently happy to talk about 2028 for both of them. "I never bring it up. But sure, the president brings it up a lot, sometimes publicly, sometimes privately," Vance said. "You know, the president's a political animal. He loves this stuff. He's very fascinated by it."

Vance described those conversations as less about pressure and more about political strategy—discussing "what's gonna happen" and how Republicans can keep winning.

The speculation has only intensified after Trump floated the idea of a 2028 ticket pairing Vance with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Both men appeared separately at White House press briefings last month, which many took as a sign they're raising their national profiles.

An Emerson College poll from May shows Vance with 36% support among Republican primary voters, just ahead of Rubio at 35%—a statistical tie that suggests a competitive race ahead.

One reason Vance hasn't made a decision yet? According to The Washington Post, a person close to him cited the expected birth of his fourth child in late July as a factor. Family first, apparently.

Trump has praised Vance in the past, calling him "very capable" and saying he's doing "a fantastic job" in a Fox News interview. But he also added, "it's too early." Trump has also floated scenarios involving Vance that legal scholars say would run into constitutional limits on presidential terms—so maybe don't hold your breath for a third Trump term.