JD Vance the early favorite to win 2028 presidential election

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - For the first time since Warren G. Harding, an Ohio native could be the president of the United States.

Less than 48 hours after the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance clinched the 2024 election, betting markets released odds for the 2028 presidential election winner.

The favorite: Middletown native JD Vance.

Vance (+300) is the overwhelming favorite among the Republican party, according to William Hill's odds.

The betting favorite to be his opponent in 2028 is former First Lady Michelle Obama.

At +500, she holds a slight edge over California Gov. Gavin Newsom (+550).

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has the second-best odds (+800) among Republicans to win the 2028 election.

CandidateOddsJD Vance+300Michelle Obama+500Gavin Newsom+550Ron DeSantis+800Tulsi Gabbard+1000Hillary Clinton +1400Tucker Carlson+1400Nikki Haley+2500Oprah Winfrey+2500Kamala Harris+2500Josh Shapiro+3300Robert F Kennedy Jr.+3300Vivek Ramaswamy+3300Donald Trump Jr.+4000Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez+5000Doug Burgum+5000Elon Musk+5000Gretchen Whitmer+5000Ivanka Trump+5000Tim Walz+5000Dwayne Johnson+6600Elizabeth Warren+6600Glenn Youngkin+6600JB Pritzker+6600Liz Cheney+6600Mark Kelly+6600 Vance will be 44 years old at the time of the 2028 election.

If elected, he would be the third youngest president in U.S. history.

John F. Kennedy is the second-youngest president. He was 43 when he took office.

Theodore Roosevelt was 42 at the time of his inauguration, making him the youngest president in our country's history.