Vice President

The Vice President is named by Josh among those whose influence would be damaged by empty threats; he is absent but part of Josh's argument about institutional credibility.

John Hoynes is not physically present but is the author and subject of the resignation letter read aloud by the President; his action (resignation) is the event's catalyst and affects …

Not physically present in the scene; his presence is instantiated by the resignation letter read aloud by the President, which signals his formal departure from office effective 6 A.M.

John Hoynes (the Vice President) is invoked as the subject of the allegation—he is the absent focal point whose alleged action (interfering to classify a NASA report) creates the legal …

Vice President Hoynes is the subject of the allegation — named as the person who may have interfered with classifying a NASA report; he is not present but is implicitly …

The Vice President (Hoynes) is invoked as part of the small circle who knew the Casseon settlement terms; his knowledge implicates him politically though he does not appear onstage in …

Vice President John Hoynes is named by Josh and Leo as someone who knew the Casseon settlement terms; his being in that knowledge circle implicitly places him under suspicion though …

Vice President John Hoynes is implicated by the highlighted phone logs showing repeated outgoing calls from his office to Helen Baldwin; he is not present but his political standing and …

Vice President John Hoynes is not present but is materially implicated when Quincy opens the telephone record packet showing repeated calls from Hoynes' office to Helen Baldwin; his political conduct …

Vice President John Hoynes is not physically present but is directly implicated: the opened telephone record packet shows multiple highlighted calls from his office phone to Helen Baldwin, turning him …

Hoynes begins in control—directing policy for Cairo and dismissing staff—then becomes defensive and self-revealing when confronted, admitting boastful exaggerations and acknowledging the gossip/book link before retreating to the window.

Hoynes is on the defensive, tries jocularing and deflection, then concedes he exaggerated and boasted; he watches the exit and retreats to the window in contemplative isolation.

Hoynes stands at the center of the room, admits to boasting and exaggeration—on an affair, Mars claims, and DOJ intervention—asks repeatedly what he should do, then walks to the window …

Vice President Hoynes admits, plainly and without theatricality, that he leaked classified information; he refuses to wage a public fight and frames resignation as an act to shield his family …

Vice President Hoynes responds quietly and resignedly, admitting he leaked classified information, refusing to deny the charges, and announcing his decision to resign to spare his family and the party …

Vice President Hoynes is not physically present but is the operative cause of the scene; his folded resignation (delivered by Claire) stands in for him and triggers the administration's response …

The Vice‑President is referenced indirectly as the office currently vacant, a fact that Will raises as a constitutional and practical problem for who can speak for the administration.