Vance notified Ohio governor Mike DeWine of his intent to leave the Senate for the White House in a brief letter. DeWine is responsible for appointing a successor to Vance, who on

Republican Vice President-elect JD Vance said on Thursday he will resign from his U.S. Senate seat from Ohio at midnight ahead of his inauguration later this month. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Vance defeated the Democratic presidential candidate,

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Barely two years after Cincinnati Republican JD Vance was sworn in as Ohio’s junior U.S. Senator, his spokesman said Thursday that Vance would resign from the job at midnight so he can be sworn in as Donald Trump’s vice president on Jan. 20.