One new report said there are two names in contention to be former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, while other reports added a third name and others said anything could happen.
According to the New York Post, the stretch run in the veepstakes is between Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.
The Post gave Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida an “outside shot” and — in a report full of sources it did not name — said neither Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina or former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson were likely. Trump is scheduled to unveil his pick on Monday, July 15.
One speculating source said the pick would be “J.D., Marco or Burgum” and that the source did not “see a scenario where one of those three doesn’t end up getting it.”
“I would give Burgum and J.D. a little more of an edge than Marco,” the source said, adding that “Marco still has a shot” and that “Burgum and J.D. have an equal shot.”