JD Vance hasn’t committed to a 2028 presidential bid, but the vice president claimed to know who has.

“It is really obvious to me that, at this very moment, Ted Cruz is running for president,” Vance told NBC News in an interview published Thursday. “At this moment, I’m not. I’m trying to help elect Republicans [in the midterms]. That’s what I’m going to keep on doing.”

The comment could be construed as a dig at the Texas senator, who declared “it’s no secret I want to be president,” and Vance has by no means clinched the 2028 GOP nomination.

Cruz was reportedly recruiting workers for a potential campaign. But he hasn’t officially declared for 2028 after coming up short to President Donald Trump in the 2016 primary.

If Vance was accusing Cruz of shirking his party duties to help others in a year he isn’t up for reelection, the Texan’s team had something to say about that.

“Senator Cruz has been focused on electing Republicans up and down the ballot this November, and he will continue campaigning vigorously over the next several weeks to help make that happen,” a spokesperson told NBC News.

Vance comfortably leads the GOP pack in recent 2028 polling that excludes Cruz from the top six potentials.

Cruz recently revisited his insult-trading battle for the presidency against Trump 10 years ago, concluding that Trump’s “Lyin’ Ted” barb was due to his “instinctual genius.”

“The jiu jitsu of Trump was to take my greatest strength and make an attack that goes right at it,” he said, ”and I think he does that instinctually in a very effective way.”

As for Vance’s commander-in-chief aspirations, he acknowledged the midterms could serve as another barometer for his decision about 2028.

“You make these decisions by collecting as much information and trying to make a wise decision,” Vance said to the network. “And yeah, I mean, regardless of what happens over the next 35 days, there will be new information, new things you have to make a decision over.”

Asked if expected GOP setbacks in the election might affect his choice, he replied:

“Right now, I try not to think too much in hypotheticals. I’m just going to try to do as well as I can and encourage people to elect the candidates that I think are good. The American people make that decision, and when they do, then yeah, I’ll have some new information to consider.”

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