Vice President JD Vance's political team, including two top advisors, is joining Vivek Ramaswamy's soon-to-be announced 2026 Ohio gubernatorial run, a source with knowledge confirmed to Fox News.

We had Bernie Moreno, JD Vance, Vivek Ramaswamy and me ... a black-tie inaugural ball in Washington sponsored by the Ohio Republican Party. “The question is can you bypass the 20 years ...

Ramaswamy, a 39-year-old entrepreneur and 2024 presidential candidate from suburban Columbus, is one of three major Republican candidates for Ohio governor so far.

Vivek Ramaswamy has landed Vice President JD Vance’s top political advisers to guide his soon-to-launch bid for governor in Ohio, a source involved in the planning told NBC News.

With the appointment of Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to JD Vance’s Senate seat, Ohio has two Republican U.S. Senators for the first time in 18 years. The last time that happened, the senators were George Voinovich and Mike DeWine — Ohio's current governor who, last week, appointed the 57-year-old Husted to the Vance vacancy.

Ramaswamy will reportedly run for Ohio governor in 2026 after leaving the Department of Government Efficiency.

Despite the reports of his gubernatorial ambitions, multiple reports say Mr. Ramaswamy was driven out of DOGE by Mr. Musk. He “just burned through the bridges and he finally burned Elon,” a Republican strategist close to Trump advisers told Politico. “Everyone wants him out of Mar-a-Lago, out of D.C.”

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s appointment of Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, a fellow Republican, to the Senate resets Ohio’s 2026 game-board, notably the race to succeed DeWine, term-limited home in January 2027.