Vance has proven himself on the campaign trail, and Trump has wisely given Vance the assignment to wrangle with the press. Vance runs circles around them, and everybody knows that. They fear him because he is much smarter than they are. The Joe Rogan podcast went well with Trump because he is mega-charismatic, but Trump being Trump, he was all over the place, rambled a bit, and did the whole Trump shtick you either know and love or know and hate. It was good for him but not game-changing. Vance, though, slayed on Rogan. The chemistry was immediate, the conversation fascinating, and Vance proved himself (again) to be the opposite of weird. He is a guy. Just a guy.