--- title: Trump's Vice President: Rubio, Kasich Are Possible Picks description: Donald Trump identified a few rivals in the Republican primary as potential running mates canonical: https://time.com/4290376/donald-trump-vice-president-marco-rubio-john-kasich/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-12T11:58:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:55:54.125Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Names Rubio and Kasich as Potential Running Mates og:description: "I don’t think they like me because I have hit them hard” og:url: https://time.com/4290376/donald-trump-vice-president-marco-rubio-john-kasich/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd25671ae7122773d/69888eaf2dce01017a9e89c7/donald-trump-vp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4322 og:image:height: 2431 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Albany, NY. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Names Rubio and Kasich as Potential Running Mates twitter:description: "I don’t think they like me because I have hit them hard” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd25671ae7122773d/69888eaf2dce01017a9e89c7/donald-trump-vp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Names Rubio and Kasich as Potential Running Mates > Sponsored content. 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Now, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are attempting to beat him at his own game—but will any attacks against Trump actually stick?_  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 12, 2016 11:58 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points to a protestor as he speaks during a campaign event at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. on April 11. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points to a protestor as he speaks during a campaign event at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. on April 11. Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 12, 2016 11:58 AM UTC Donald Trump identified a few of his Republican primary rivals as [potential running mates](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/11/trump-says-rubio-kasich-others-possible-cabinet-material/82916196/), naming Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as possibilities. “Yes. I like Marco Rubio. Yeah. I could,” Trump said, referring to spots in his administration, in the [interview with USA TODAY](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/11/trump-says-rubio-kasich-others-possible-cabinet-material/82916196/) published Monday. “There are people I have in mind in terms of vice president. I just haven’t told anybody names. … I do like Marco. I do like Kasich. … I like Walker actually in a lot of ways. I hit him very hard. … But I’ve always liked him. There are people I like, but I don’t think they like me because I have hit them hard.” Of those three, Kasich is the only one still running, but he has [no mathematical path](http://time.com/4277909/john-kasich-donald-trump-voters-new-york/) to the nomination before the convention. Trump has previously said he would like to select a Washington insider for vice president. “I do want somebody that’s political, because I want to get lots of great legislation we all want passed,” Trump said in February, [CNN reported](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/politics/donald-trump-political-insider-vice-president/). “We’re going to probably choose somebody that’s somewhat political.” Walker said he laughed when he read Trump’s comments but would not rule out being Trump’s vice presidential pick when asked about it on Monday, the [Wisconsin _State-Journal_ reported](http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-walker-calls-donald-trump-vp-talk-breathtaking/article%5F596f2263-e116-5292-816f-3bad32e0e327.html). “It’s kind of interesting to hear that after the things that were said about me a couple weeks ago,” Walker said. “It’s almost breathtaking that I was listed in the first place.” During the interview, Trump said previous spats with other Republican candidates were part of the “the crazy business” of politics and said GOP leaders who have been criticizing him publicly have also been reaching out to be part of his team. “I actually asked a couple of them, ‘How can you do this after what you said?’ And they said, ‘No problem,’” Trump said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4290376/donald-trump-vice-president-marco-rubio-john-kasich/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4290376/donald-trump-vice-president-marco-rubio-john-kasich/"},"headline":"Trump Names Rubio and Kasich as Potential Running Mates","datePublished":"2016-04-12T11:58:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:55:54.125Z","description":"\"There are people I like, but I don’t think they like me because I have hit them hard”","url":"https://time.com/4290376/donald-trump-vice-president-marco-rubio-john-kasich/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd25671ae7122773d/69888eaf2dce01017a9e89c7/donald-trump-vp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd25671ae7122773d/69888eaf2dce01017a9e89c7/donald-trump-vp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Albany, NY.","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Albany, NY.","creditText":"Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4290376/donald-trump-vice-president-marco-rubio-john-kasich/","name":"Trump Names Rubio and Kasich as Potential Running Mates"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why It's So Hard to Attack Trump","description":"Now, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are attempting to beat him at his own game—but will any attacks against Trump actually stick?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/X3BpgQ9x/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-03-02T21:21:26.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/X3BpgQ9x.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4290376/donald-trump-vice-president-marco-rubio-john-kasich/","duration":"PT3M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4290376/donald-trump-vice-president-marco-rubio-john-kasich/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```