MILWAUKEE (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- Former President Donald Trump plans to announce his running mate on Monday, as the Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee days after he was targeted by a would-be assassin.
Fox News anchor Bret Baier said Monday morning that he'd spoken with Trump by phone.
"He did confirm that he’s going to make a VP choice today," Baier said, according to Fox News.
Trump could make the announcement onstage at the convention or on social media, as he did in 2016 with former VP Mike Pence. Reuters reported the announcement is expected to come by 4:30 p.m. ET.
Trump's top three contenders are said to be Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. All three of them are scheduled to speak to Republican delegates at some point this week.
The convention schedule is packed with events all day Monday into Monday night, so it's unclear when the announcement may be made. Trump's main address at the convention will be on Thursday.
The announcement will come just two days after Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The motivation of the sniper—a 20-year-old man who was shot dead by the Secret Service—remained under federal investigation Monday. The shooting killed a man in the stands near Trump and critically wounded two others. Trump suffered an injury to his right ear and said he "felt the bullet ripping through the skin."
Trump told The Washington Examiner that he has rewritten Thursday's speech with a renewed focus on national unity, after people from across the political spectrum called him following the assassination attempt.
“This is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together. The speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would’ve been two days ago,” the former president said.