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Ken Griffin Says He Would Back Marco Rubio Over JD Vance in 2028, Though Rubio Has Pledged to Defer to Vance
Billionaire donor Ken Griffin said Wednesday he would back Secretary of State Marco Rubio over Vice President JD Vance in a potential 2028 GOP presidential primary. The comments came during an interview at the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Ken Griffin said Wednesday he would support Secretary of State Marco Rubio over Vice President JD Vance in a 2028 GOP presidential primary. The statement came during an interview at the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, conducted by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, Axios reported.
Griffin noted his past support for Rubio, including a donation during Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign.
Griffin gave more than $100 million in the 2024 election cycle and ranked as the fifth-biggest donor that cycle, Axios reported. He did not donate to President Trump during the cycle. Griffin has criticized Trump in the past.
In 2022 he called for the GOP to move on from Trump, and he supported Nikki Haley over Trump in the 2024 primary. He attended a White House dinner with other Wall Street executives in November 2025 and had pressed Trump not to select Vance as his running mate.
A Griffin spokesperson declined to comment.
