Donald Trump’s eldest son is rejecting reports that his father has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be his running mate, telling NBC News that Trump will “come up with a decision today.”
“We’ve given him all the input he needs from us. Today he will know and I imagine we will find out right away,” Donald Trump Jr. said in an interview Thursday afternoon.
Trump’s son was present for separate meetings between Trump and those who made it to the final round of his vice presidential vetting process — Pence, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions — over the past week and said his father considered each conversation to be a “serious job interview.
“A lot of this is going to be how they are going to work with my father. So much of this is going to be based on personality and deciding how that’s going to fit,” he said.
Don Jr. said one of the questions asked of each final contenders was, “how are you going to prosecute the case against Hillary Clinton?”
Multiple reports have pegged Pence as Trump’s vice presidential pick, but senior campaign officials like Paul Manafort maintain that the candidate has yet to make up his mind.
Re: @realDonaldTrump VP selection, a decision will be made in the near future and the announcement will be tomorrow at 11am in New York.
— Paul Manafort (@PaulManafort) July 14, 2016
“I don’t know,” Trump’s son said when asked if his father was leaning toward Pence. “I guess you’ll have to see.”
