JD Vance

I started to realize that Trump was thinking pretty seriously about making me his VP nominee probably earlier this year because he would ask me a lot about who I thought the VP nominee should be.

Trick questions.

Yeah, exactly.

And I'd give him names of people that I thought would be pretty good at it.

And a lot of the names that I gave him, he would criticize.

And I almost felt like he was inviting me to throw myself out there.

Hmm.

But I mean, it's funny.

The morning that he was shot in Butler, PA was the first time that he and I ever talked about it.

So that was a Saturday.

Just think thinking about I guess it was probably June 13th because I think the convention started June 15th.

I go down to Mar-a-Lago that morning, Saturday morning, and I'm talking to him for the first time because the media would ask me.

I was like one of the rumored shortlist candidates.

I kept on getting these questions from reporters.

Have you ever been have you ever had this conversation with Trump?

And the honest answer was no.

Well, Saturday morning that changed because I go down there and he's like, what do you think?

Why should I choose you?

Why should I not choose these other guys?

We just had a conversation.