Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.
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Donald Trump plans to announce his running mate on Monday, Fox News reported after speaking with the former president.
“He did confirm that he’s going to make a VP choice today,” Fox’s Bret Baier said on the network’s air just hours before the first day of the Republican National Convention was set to kick off.
Baier clarified that Trump’s decision will be revealed sometime later Monday. “Yes, yeah. We’re going to get a VP today,” Baier said.
Trump also told Baier, “there’s other surprises to come,” the news anchor reported.
This combination photo shows, from left, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.
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The long-running race by a swarm of Republican hopefuls to join Trump at the top of the ticket has likely been whittled down to three top contenders: Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.
Vance and Rubio both were once vocal Trump critics. Vance in 2016 had called Trump a “total fraud,” while Rubio had slammed Trump as a “con artist” while running against him in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
Burgum ran against Trump in the current presidential primary cycle, though he largely avoided directly criticizing the ex-president at that time.
All three men have become aggressive cheerleaders for Trump as the veepstakes heated up.
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