As Sleepy already pointed out in his Harris vs Biden article, VP position is to counterbalance POTUS against competing interests.
Vance looks so far as DS pick as it can get.
It also means that instead of "eliminate DT from the race at any means possible" the cabal yielded and now accepts Trump as next president. They had their shot, and they failed, now they have to cope and get a hit in turn. This is like a saying "ok, ok, you won. But we'll need our own man as well, otherwise it will not work out".
As Sleepy already pointed out in his Harris vs Biden article, VP position is to counterbalance POTUS against competing interests. Vance looks so far as DS pick as it can get. It also means that instead of "eliminate DT from the race at any means possible" the cabal yielded and now accepts Trump as next president. They had their shot, and they failed, now they have to cope and get a hit in turn. This is like a saying "ok, ok, you won. But we'll need our own man as well, otherwise it will not work out".
Real enemies have to deal with shared practical realities and limitations.