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Vice President JD Vance threw cold water on the idea that any tension would exist between him and Secretary of State Marco Rubio if they both run for president in 2028.

“First of all, no, there’s not going to be any tension. Marco is my best friend of the administration. He and I work a lot together,” Vance said in an interview with the New York Post’s “Pod Force One.”

“So far, I have never woken up and thought to myself, ‘How do I make myself president of the United States?’ What I wake up and think to myself is, ‘How do I do a good job as vice president,’” he added.

While Vance said it’s too early to talk about 2028, his boss doesn’t seem to think so. President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One earlier this week that a Rubio and Vance team would be “unstoppable.”

But Vance said he’s only “joked” about the prospect with Rubio.

“The president first raised this with me probably six months or so ago during just, you know, one of our private lunches,” Vance continued. “And I mentioned to the secretary in jest, but it feels so premature, because we’re still so early.”

When the host noted that Trump doesn’t say, at least publicly, who he thinks should take the top of the ticket, Vance laughed.

“I’m going to work as hard as I can to make the president successful over the next three years and three months, and if we get to a point where something else is in the offer, let’s handle it then, but let’s at least get through the next couple of years,” he said.