--- title: Donald Trump to Name Vice President Friday in New York description: Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump will name his running mate Friday at an event in New York City, his aides confirmed canonical: https://time.com/4405540/donald-trump-vice-president-friday-new-york/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-13T23:32:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:14:29.029Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump to Name Vice President Friday in New York og:description: He's been coy and contradictory about his choice og:url: https://time.com/4405540/donald-trump-vice-president-friday-new-york/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eafb4c874c95a10/69889be2428a9e2a68cd36a6/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4088 og:image:height: 2300 og:image:alt: Presumptive US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addreses a campaign rally at Grant Park Event Center in Westfield, Indiana. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump to Name Vice President Friday in New York twitter:description: He's been coy and contradictory about his choice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eafb4c874c95a10/69889be2428a9e2a68cd36a6/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump to Name Vice President Friday in New York > Sponsored content. 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Tasos Katopodis—AFP/Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jul 13, 2016 11:32 PM UTC Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump will name [his running mate](http://time.com/4404117/trump-vice-president-contenders/) Friday at an event in New York City, campaign aides confirmed Wednesday evening. The announcement will cap a months-long [reality-television contest](http://time.com/4268109/donald-trump-reality-television-apprentice-dancing-stars/), in which Trump has [auditioned and interviewed](http://time.com/4376384/donald-trump-the-apprentice/) his potential vice-presidential selections. Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort first announced the news to reporters as he arrived back in Cleveland from Indianapolis, where Trump had met with Indiana Governor Mike Pence and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, two of the finalists for the position. Trump also spoke Wednesday with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a short-list member who was in Washington, D.C., in his role as chair of Trump’s transition effort. Two more aides confirmed the timing. In his public comments on the selection, Trump has been coy and occasionally contradictory, telling the _Wall Street Journal_ on Tuesday that he was seeking an “attack dog” on the ticket, before reversing himself Wednesday in an interview with Fox News. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4405540/donald-trump-vice-president-friday-new-york/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4405540/donald-trump-vice-president-friday-new-york/"},"headline":"Donald Trump to Name Vice President Friday in New York","datePublished":"2016-07-13T23:32:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:14:29.029Z","description":"He's been coy and contradictory about his choice","url":"https://time.com/4405540/donald-trump-vice-president-friday-new-york/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eafb4c874c95a10/69889be2428a9e2a68cd36a6/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eafb4c874c95a10/69889be2428a9e2a68cd36a6/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Presumptive US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addreses a campaign rally at Grant Park Event Center in Westfield, Indiana.","caption":"Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at Grant Park Event Center in Westfield, Indiana.","creditText":"Tasos Katopodis—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4405540/donald-trump-vice-president-friday-new-york/","name":"Donald Trump to Name Vice President Friday in New York"}}]}] ```