Vice President JD Vance takes the stage before he speaks at a campaign rally in Swanton, Ohio, on November 2.
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Vice President JD Vance’s seemingly straightforward path to succeeding President Donald Trump suddenly looks much murkier.

The Republican shellacking in Tuesday’s midterm elections has quickly triggered a public reckoning within the GOP over Trump’s place in the future of the party — one that threatens to complicate Vance’s efforts to consolidate party support behind a widely anticipated White House bid.