Trump says his pick for vice president won’t surprise people

Former President Donald Trump said people “won’t be that surprised” about his pick for vice president.

Fox News chief political correspondent Bret Baier asked Mr. Trump on Saturday in New Hampshire about when he would decide who would be his running mate if he wins the Republican nomination.

“Well, it’s never really had that much of an effect on an election, which is an amazing thing, both election and primary,” Mr. Trump said. “It’s never really had much of an effect.”

“I may or may not really [decide] something over the next couple of months. There’s no rush to that. It won’t have any impact at all. The person that I think I like is a very good person, a pretty standard. I think people won’t be that surprised, but I would say there’s probably a 25% chance that would be that person,” the former president said.

When asked if Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination in November, would be on the list, Mr. Trump said he’s a “great guy.”

“You know, he endorsed me. There’s an example, [Nikki Haley] comes from South Carolina, Tim Scott is from South Carolina. But if you look [at] the governor, great governor, another senator [Lindsey Graham], we happen to like Lindsey,” he said. “But [Gov. Henry McMaster] knows it very well. He endorsed me. It’s very hard for a governor to endorse somebody when you haven’t … I mean, Henry McMaster was the lieutenant governor under her and he endorsed me … What does that tell you?”

On Friday, he said he wouldn’t consider his last rival for the GOP nomination, Ms. Haley, if she were to lose or drop out of the race.

“She was OK, but she was not presidential timber,” he said Friday in New Hampshire. “Now, when I say that, that probably means that she’s not going to be chosen as the vice president.”

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has also been seen as a contender. Mr. Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., said the option is “on the table.”

“I mean they’re very friendly, I think they agree on virtually all of these things. They certainly agree on stopping the never-ending wars,” Mr. Trump Jr. said last week. “So, I would love to see that happen. That would certainly be a contender.”