Former President Donald Trump has reportedly made his decision about who will be his pick for vice president.
Scripps News has learned that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has been informed that he will not be the vice presidential nominee.
The Associated Press also reports that Marco Rubio was informed he would not be selected.
Scripps News has confirmed that the nominee Trump selects will make their first in-person appearance at the RNC around 4:30 p.m. Eastern.
The top contenders for the job now include Sen. JD Vance and Sen. Tim Scott.
Sen. JD Vance
Vance is a relative newcomer to politics. He was elected in 2022 as the junior U.S. senator from Ohio.
Before politics, Vance attended Yale Law School and worked at a corporate law firm before moving to San Francisco to become a venture capitalist.
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Vance wrote "Hillbilly Elegy," a best-selling memoir-turned-Netflix movie about working-class America. He was a frequent critic of Donald Trump, telling Charlie Rose in 2016, "I never liked him."
Those feelings appeared to change when Trump won the White House. Vance stopped the attacks and eventually apologized. By 2022, Trump was campaigning for Vance.
Sen. Tim Scott
Scott ran for president this election cycle but dropped out in November and threw his support behind Trump.
Scott was born in North Charleston, South Carolina. A car accident derailed his football career, and after college, he started an insurance agency.
He was elected to the South Carolina legislature in 2008. In 2010, he became the first Black Republican from South Carolina elected to Congress in 114 years.
In 2012, Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Scott won reelection three times.
