[trumandogz]

There does not seem to be evidence that FDR knew he was terminally ill leading up to the election of 1940 and FDR with Wallace on the ticket clobbered the Republican Willkie.

For the 1944 election, with the GOP being so weak, FDR had to have known that whomever was on the Democratic ticket would win the election.

So, the real choices were an ailing FDR or a Socialist Wallace and at least with an ailing FDR, we got Truman.

But of course that does not explain why Truman was not in the inner-circle of the FDR administration, but neither was Wallace.

[wagglebee]

But of course that does not explain why Truman was not in the inner-circle of the FDR administration, but neither was Wallace.

Historically, VPs were never really in the inner circle. Under Carter, Mondale was either the first or one of the first VPs to be included in cabinet meetings. I don't think the GHWB was ever really in Reagan's inner circle and Zero only includes Biden in fast food runs.

[Michael.SF.]

There does not seem to be evidence that FDR knew he was terminally ill leading up to the election of 1940

The article contends excatly the opposite.

[buccaneer81]

But of course that does not explain why Truman was not in the inner-circle of the FDR administration, but neither was Wallace.

No veeps were, back in the day. By all accounts, the role of the modern VP was initiated by (of all people), Carter with Mondale.