NEW YORK — Former president Donald Trump The president’s campaign has begun soliciting information from his potential vice presidential candidates and has sent vetting paperwork to a list of top candidates in recent weeks, according to two people familiar with the efforts.
Among those who have received requests are North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, according to one of the people who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the discuss assistance. .
Byron Donalds of Florida, Elise Stefanik of New York and Ben Carson, Trump’s 2016 rival, would also be on the list.
Various levels of paperwork have been exchanged with each of them, the second person said.
Representatives for the candidates did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.
Aides have warned that Trump’s list is fluid and evolving and that the decision will be up to him.
“Anyone who claims to know who or when President Trump will choose his vice president is lying, unless the person’s name is Donald J. Trump,” Trump campaign spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement.
The news comes a week after Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan jury of 34 charges of falsifying company data in his criminal hush money lawsuit. He will be sentenced next month.
Trump has said he is in no rush to announce his running mate, and that he may wait until the Republican National Convention in July to announce the person who will serve with him on the GOP ticket.
In an appearance on Newsmax Tuesday night, Trump named Scott, Burgum, Rubio, Vance and Carson as among the warring parties.
The news that vetting materials had been sent to the top candidates was first reported by NBC and the list by ABC.
