Vice President-elect JD Vance resigned from the U.S. Senate, effective midnight on Friday — just over a week from Inauguration Day. Why it matters: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is expected to swiftly appoint Vance's replacement, who will join a GOP-led Congress.

Vice President-elect JD Vance has announced his resignation from his U.S. Senate seat as of Friday at midnight. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told us his appointment to the coveted seat will come "soon."

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Barely two years after Cincinnati Republican JD Vance was sworn in as Ohio’s junior U.S. Senator, his spokesman said Thursday that Vance would resign from the job at midnight so he can be sworn in as Donald Trump’s vice president on Jan. 20.