The Ohio-based biotech entrepreneur has emerged as a leading contender to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.

Husted has been the state’s lieutenant governor since 2019. Ramaswamy is expected to remain with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, effort for now.

Gov. Mike DeWine must pick someone to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance, who resigned his Senate seat last week.

Ramaswamy’s remarks on the H-1B program drew from his personal experience. The son of Indian immigrants who came to the U.S. on work visas, he excelled academically, becoming valedictorian at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. His upbringing informed his critique of American culture, which he believes undervalues hard work and innovation.

Billionaire DOGE co-chair is expected to announce his campaign after he was passed over to fill JD Vance’s seat

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s frontrunner for the vacancy is Lt. Gov. Jon Husted — not Ramaswamy, Republican operatives told The Post.

President-elect Donald Trump has privately encouraged Vivek Ramaswamy to consider an appointment to the US Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance if offered the position by Ohio Gov.

Neither Lara Trump nor Vivek Ramaswamy will join the Senate. But it’s likely the president-elect didn’t really go to the mat for their appointments.

Two fiascos from Trump’s first term – family separation and the failed Obamacare repeal – could foreshadow similar missteps this time.

Vivek Ramaswamy, biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate, is preparing to run for Ohio governor, challenging prominent GOP figures like Attorney General Dave Yost and Treasurer Robert Sprague.

President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration comes at a pivotal time in American history. Insulated from controversy, Trump will enter the White House more prepared than when he first won in 2016.