Kentucky’s Andy Beshear takes aim at Vance

The Hill -   Democrats vying for their party’s presidential nomination in 2028 have focused on President Trump and his policies, almost treating the incumbent as if he’s campaigning for a third term. But Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is taking a different approach. He’s targeting Vice President Vance, Trump’s second banana and likely heir apparent.

It’s a strategy that could help the centrist Democrat get attention and carve a unique lane for himself in what is shaping up to be a highly competitive primary for his party.

On Saturday, while speaking at a Democratic Party gala in the Ohio county where Vance is from, Beshear singled out the vice president, sharpening a line of attack that he’s been testing in recent weeks. 

“There is no one who will work harder — no matter what I am doing that year — to beat JD Vance in 2028,” Beshear said at the gala in Butler County. “He is the most arrogant politician I have ever seen — and given his current boss, that’s saying something.” 

.... Appearing on the podcast “Raging Moderates” earlier this month, the governor also blasted Vance, whose family is from Breathitt County in Kentucky, where the vice president spent summers as a child with his grandparents.  

“He is the most conceited elected official that I’ve ever heard speak,” Beshear said on the podcast. “And that’s incredibly dangerous because if you think you know it all, you’re going to make some really bad decisions because you’re not listening to some smart people you should put around you.”