NASHVILLE – Amid reports he is emerging as one of the finalists in Donald Trump’s search for a running mate, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker met Tuesday with the presumptive GOP presidential nominee in New York City and later introduced the billionaire businessman to a cheering crowd at a Raleigh, N.C., rally.
The Tennessee Republican, former Chattanooga mayor and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has formally submitted vetting materials to the Trump search effort, NBC News reported.
Earlier Tuesday, a Corker aide had no comment to the Times Free Press on whether the senator was being vetted.
Later, Corker and Trump flew to Raleigh, where Trump introduced him as a “great friend of mine, someone respected by everyone.”
Corker, who also met with Trump at his Trump Tower headquarters in May, told rally attendees he hadn’t expected to speak, but noted it had been a “pretty remarkable day” to meet not only with Trump but family members and longtime members of his organization.