Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will fill Vice President-elect JD Vance's Senate seat and join new Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington.

DeWine will hold a news conference at 1 p.m., but his office declined to provide further details about topic of discussion.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that his state’s lieutenant governor Jon Husted would replace a seat left vacant by Vice President-elect JD Vance in the US Senate for the next two

Prior to serving in the DeWine Administration, Husted served as Ohio secretary of state, speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and member of the Ohio Senate.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on Friday that he is appointing Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted to fill Vice President-elect J.D. Vance's vacant seat in the Senate. DeWine made the ...

The state’s governor, Mike DeWine, announced the appointment Friday, ending suspense over who would succeed the vice president-elect in the Senate.

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will be moving from the Buckeye State to D.C., earning the coveted appointment to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate. Gov. Mike DeWine, who has been interviewing candidates for months,

Husted will serve at least through a 2026 special election to fill the remaining two years of the vice president-elect's term.

The news broke shortly before he was sworn in Monday morning, and Trump confirmed it during his inaugural address. The order will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley, which was the official name recognized by the federal government from 1917 until 2015.

The bill now heads back to the Republican-controlled House, which passed its version earlier this month and will need to approve changes made in the Senate.

Former Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance will be sworn in as the vice president on Monday as the second Trump administration officially begins. Vance was picked by Trump to be his 2024 running mate last summer.