Who will Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump pick as their VPs? A look at all the candidates
It's that time of the election season when speculation takes over. With the shock of Donald Trump's impending nomination and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's anticipated Democratic nomination for president of the United States still being absorbed, attention is now shifting to another — more traditional — phase of the process: vice presidential running mates.
Indeed for both Trump and Clinton it's the most important first decision of their potentially nascent presidencies. Whoever they choose will both reflect their judgments as well as cold calculations of geography, demography and identity.
"I don't know if there is a crazy idea this year," Christopher Nicholas, president of Eagle Consulting Group, which advises Republican candidates, said by phone. "The rules have been so rewritten."
Nevertheless, as the general election approaches, there's no harm in a little parlor speculation. On both sides, a number of names have been floated. Some are safe choices, others more risqué.
So without further ado — here are some people you may be seeing a lot of over the next four to eight years!
