John McConnell Wolfe Jr.
Political Party: Democratic
Representative for Tennessee's Third Congressional District (1998 - 2003)
Governor of Tennessee (2003 - 2009)
Vice President of the United States (2009 - 2017)
President of The United States (2017 - Incumbent)
John Wolfe's political success was a surprise to many. An anti-trust, supporter of universal healthcare and supporter of education reform registered with the Democratic party hailing from the state of Tennessee? Many where shocked when he won his first bid for public office in 1998, becoming the congressman for Tennessee's Third Congressional District, but he wasn't even done defying the odds. After several colorful years in Congress, he mounted a successful bid for Tennessee Governor under the Democratic ticket.
His time as Tennessee Governor was lauded by progressives, with many applauding him for his implementation of Universal Healthcare on the state level, as well as his handling of the state's economy that made it one of the few to go through the 2007 recession untouched.
His rising star status in the Democratic party resulted in him running for president in 2008. While he didn't receive the nomination, Barack Obama's campaign to careful note of the extremely passionate support he had garnered and he was brought on to the ticket as Obama's running mate.
The relationship between Obama and Wolfe was described as friendly but tense, with the two politicians disagreeing on how to handle certain issues, particularly due to Obama being closer to the center than Wolfe but at the same time, but Wolfe has admitted that more centrist solutions were required to get bills through Congress.
Wolfe was essentially unsure of whether he would run for President in 2016, due to the stress of the last eight years in Washington, but threw his hat into the race as after noting Donald Trump's political rise. Wolfe ran as man who could unite the Democratic party at a time it needed to be united citing the unprecedented danger a Trump presidency could pose. After Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both bowed out and endorsed him, he became the nominee, and lambasted Trump at every opportunity.
He would be elected in 2016, and be reelected in 2020 in a landslide thanks to his handling of COVID.