Rubio says being Trump running mate would be ‘unimaginable honor’

After reviews that he’s being thought-about to be former President Trump’s running mate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio stated it would be an “honor” to serve, however stated he has not heard from the Trump marketing campaign.

Rubio, a Republican from Florida, stated Thursday that being supplied the possibility to be a presidential running mate would be “an incredible opportunity to serve our country.”

“If anybody has been offered the chance to be vice president, they should consider that an honor and an incredible opportunity to serve our country,” Rubio stated Thursday, in response to Politico. “But that hasn’t happened, I haven’t spoken to anybody on his campaign about it. Never once have I talked to [Trump] about vice presidency.”

Rubio had nothing however good issues to say about Trump, regardless of a previous marked by competitors and frequent barbs traded forwards and backwards on the 2016 marketing campaign path.

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with members of the media as he walks by way of the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

“We’ve had a great working relationship — we ran against each other, so at one point we were competitors — but since 2016, especially when he was president, we worked really well together,” the senator continued, in response to Politico.

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Recent rumors that Rubio was being thought-about appeared to come back out of left discipline, as the senator was unnoticed of earlier discussions concerning the Trump marketing campaign’s shortlist.

Former President Trump and former first woman Melania Trump stand collectively as they converse with the media after voting at a polling station setup within the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

During an interview on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” final month, Trump was requested about half a dozen potential running mate decisions: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a Democrat turned impartial.

“Are they all on your shortlist?” host Laura Ingraham requested the previous president in the course of the interview.

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., raises a query throughout a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs listening to within the Dirksen Senate Office Building. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc by way of Getty Images)

“They are,” Trump answered. “Honestly, all of those people are good. They’re all good, they’re all solid.”

Rubio on Thursday additionally quashed rumors circulating amongst Republicans that he has any ambitions of changing into the convention chief, emphatically denying that he’s .

“No, I have never talked to anyone about running for leader, either,” Rubio stated. “That’s something I’ve never been interested in doing.”

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.