Trump nearly chose Maria Bartiromo as his VP, report claims [Video]

Former Ohio Sen. JD Vance will become vice president by the end of this month, but an upcoming book reveals that the job almost went to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo.

According to CNN Business, “Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power” – an upcoming book by Politico National Political Reporter Alex Isenstadt coming out on March 18 – will include information about Trump’s consideration of Bartiromo for VP.

While Isenstadt reported that Trump seriously considered the longtime journalist to be his running mate, Trump’s team talked the now president-elect out of the idea. Isenstadt explained that Bartiromo became a Trump favorite after she defended him and conducted “numerous softball interviews with him over the years, including his first on-air sit-down following the 2020 election, for which she had given his team a heads-up on her questions ahead of time,” per CNN.

Bartiromo graduated from New York University, where she studied journalism and economics. She covered business and the economy …