Lara Trump Quips About Having to Move to D.C. if She's Trump's VP

Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of Donald Trump, joked that the only downside of accepting the open vice president role to run alongside her father-in-law in 2024 would be having to relocate to Washington, D.C.

While fielding questions during her latest episode of "The Right View with Lara Trump," the ex-television producer who is married to the former president's son, Eric, was asked if she would accept the position if Trump asked her to be his running mate. The former president is currently well ahead in preliminary polling for the next GOP presidential nominee, raising questions about who would be his top choice for a number two in office.

"Obviously, the answer would be yes," Lara Trump told her podcast listeners. "Would anyone turn that down?"

"Look, we know there's a whole host of people out there who are vying for that position," she continued. "The only drawback would be that I would have to move to Washington, D.C."

"By the way, just imagine the hysteria—Trump, Trump—two Trump's running together," she added. "Oh my god, the liberal heads across the country would simultaneously explode all at once. People would go bananas."

Newsweek reached out to Trump's campaign team for comment.

Several names have been rumored as Trump's potential vice president pick, although the former president has yet to announce any decisions. A recent survey conducted for Newsweek by Redfield and Wilton Strategies found that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis—Trump's closest challenger in the 2024 race—is the favorite among the former president's supporters to be his running mate. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley polled second as a potential VP, while fellow GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy came in third.

Other prominent conservative heads have rumored that Ben Carson—Trump's former Housing secretary—is the favorite to be Trump's running mate. Popular conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson has also been speculated as a potential vice president candidate, although he recently dismissed the rumors as "just so unimaginable."

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said that he believes Haley—who served as the United Nations ambassador for the U.S. under Trump—would be the best potential running mate for the former president, telling reporters during the New York Times DealBook Summit in November that based off of "purely political decisions, what it looks like today is the anti-Trump vote is going to Nikki Haley," according to The Hill.

However, the former South Carolina governor has said she has no interest in serving as vice president to anyone, even Trump.

"Nikki has been very clear from day one, she doesn't play for second," Haley's campaign told ABC News earlier this week after DeSantis's campaign accused her of running for Trump's vice president position.