--- title: Watch Marco Rubio Reveal His Dream Job Besides President description: Marco Rubio admitted to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show what job he really wants to have if the presidency doesn't work out. canonical: https://time.com/4189956/marco-rubio-jimmy-fallon-president/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-22T12:52:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:21:24.514Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Marco Rubio Reveal His Dream Job Besides President og:description: Marco Rubio admitted to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show what job he really wants to have if the presidency doesn't work out. og:url: https://time.com/4189956/marco-rubio-jimmy-fallon-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Marco Rubio Reveal His Dream Job Besides President twitter:description: Marco Rubio admitted to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show what job he really wants to have if the presidency doesn't work out. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Rubio Reveal What He'll Do If The Presidency Doesn't Work Out  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 22, 2016 12:52 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 22, 2016 12:52 PM UTC Marco Rubio appeared on _The Tonight Show_ with Jimmy Fallon last night to talk about the presidential race. He explained why he’s running for president, but he also admitted to Fallon what he wants to do if that doesn’t work out. Rubio begins by telling the story of his family immigrating to New York City and explaining his philosophy behind running for president of the United States. “I want it to remain it a place where people can do for their kids what my parents were able to do for me,” the Florida senator says. But he also cracks jokes with Fallon, quipping “Who is that?” when the host mentions GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. When Fallon asks Rubio if he would consider being Vice President if he fails to win the nomination, Rubio replies, “No, that’s not what I’m thinking about. I want to be like commissioner of the NFL, which is more power than president sometimes.” When Fallon seems skeptical, Rubio continues, “I’m serious, that’s a great job. You can suspend people.” But he clarified that being president is still his “first choice.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4189956/marco-rubio-jimmy-fallon-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4189956/marco-rubio-jimmy-fallon-president/"},"headline":"Watch Rubio Reveal What He'll Do If The Presidency Doesn't Work Out","datePublished":"2016-01-22T12:52:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:21:24.514Z","description":"Hint: It isn't be Vice President","url":"https://time.com/4189956/marco-rubio-jimmy-fallon-president/","keywords":["Sen. Marco Rubio"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4189956/marco-rubio-jimmy-fallon-president/","name":"Watch Rubio Reveal What He'll Do If The Presidency Doesn't Work Out"}}]}] ```