By his own admission, Gibran Rakabuming Raka was a "nobody" a few months before Indonesia's elections.
Now, the eldest son of President Joko Widodo looks set to become the country's youngest-ever vice president.
Gibran's meteoric rise to running mate of president-in-waiting Prabowo Subianto, who declared victory last week, was fueled by his father's wild popularity.
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