The Trump campaign has begun selecting a running mate for the former president, and according to information obtained by The Washington Post, the list of candidates includes several high-profile names.
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) have all recently exchanged vetting documents to varying degrees with the Trump campaign, sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post on Wednesday.
Rep. Byron Donald (R-Fla.), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), North Dakota Gov. (R-N.Y.) and former Trump administration Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson have expressed similar views, the sources said.
The review process has been underway over the past month, the people added.
of Associated Press It was the first to report that the paperwork process for vice presidential candidates had begun.
A Trump campaign official told The Washington Post that the 77-year-old former president has not yet decided who he will nominate as his candidate in November’s presidential election, or when he will make that decision.
“Anyone who claims to know who President Trump will choose as his vice president or when he will choose him is lying, unless that person is Donald J. Trump,” Trump campaign spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement.
Trump said in an interview in May News 12 He said a final decision on a running mate would be made “probably not long before” the start of the Republican National Convention, where Trump will be formally nominated as the Republican nominee.
The party convention will take place from July 15 to 18, and the vice presidential nominee is traditionally confirmed on the eve of the final day of the convention.
“There are too many choices,” Trump told the outlet when asked to name his top three candidates. “I don’t want to say that, because there are too many choices.”
“There are a lot of people out there who can do a great job,” he added.
