Actually, I think when Alito steps down, Vance will be offered his seat first, so that the sold out soul Rubio can be first VP, then President when Trump retires, and then Rubio, like to obedient tool that he is, will pardon Trump and the entire grifting influence peddling clan.
Time will tell. But Roberts took down our democracy when he voted for Citizens United, so yeah, all the rest is politics and pretend.