JD Vance

Who else was in the running?

You know, I don't really know, actually.

Don't lie.

I really don't know.

Look, I think that there were a couple of senators that were being considered, a couple of governors, a couple of former cabinet secretaries.

But you don't really know because when Donald Trump sat me down, I mean, he talked about 10 different people that he was thinking about naming.

And this was two days before he made this election.

So he's playing like a little, like, let's see how JD thinks game.

Yeah, I think so.

And, you know, he told me that he was talking to the gardener at Mar-a-Lago about who the vice presidential nominee should be.

And that's one of, I think, Trump's sort of political geniuses is he talks to everybody about everything.

And I was like, well, what did the gardener at Mar-a-Lago have to say about this conversation?

Because this really directly impacts my life.

And, you know, he basically said, well, I think I'm probably going to pick you.

But I don't know, and I'm not ready to make a decision.

And then he looks at one of his staff members who's in the room.

He's like, actually, wouldn't it really set the world ablaze if we just made the decision today?

And so why don't you come up with me, and we'll just do the announcement in Butler, Pennsylvania.

And I said, and of course not knowing at the time what was going to happen, I was like, absolutely, let's get this over with because I'm sick of not knowing.

Let's just get this thing over with.