Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely just days away from revealing their running mates.
Both candidates have serious shortlists, packed with experienced politicians and adept managers ready to step behind the President’s desk at a moment’s notice.
And although high-level strategists and top political minds are already noodling over who best rounds out their respective tickets, we thought we’d suggest a few “under-the-radar” VP options.
1. Boris Johnson: “Boris with the good hair” is fresh off a big #Brexit win and won’t run for Prime Minister. Now that he has time on his hands, he could put his lingering American citizenship to good use and help his stateside doppelganger make America great again.
2. Ivanka Trump: Between her adorable family and her spot-on business sense, Ivanka might be the most preferable of all available Trumps. She’s smart, professional, beautiful, and she’d probably work for free.
3. Omarosa: She’s one of the few Apprentice cast members who doesn’t have recurring night terrors from Trump’s boardroom downsizing sessions. And in fact, she’s been on Team Trump from the beginning, claiming that he even calls her his “Valerie Jarratt” – she’s responsible for “reeling him in” when he goes too far.
4. Rep. Paul Ryan: Why not? He’s comfortably ahead in his own district, and already experienced at apologizing for his nominee – plus he’s already been around the block with an unpopular candidate only half of Republicans claim they’d vote for, Mitt Romney.
5. Kanye West: The only way we’d accept Kanye West’s use of a naked Donald Trump figure in his “Famous” video is if he finally admitted that his heart’s desire is a Trump/Yeezy 2016 ticket. We know he supports Trump and sometimes even seems to share a brain with with (allegedly) toupee’d top of the ticket. Why not just make it official already?
6. Scott Walker: He’s not in the running anymore, but the Wisconsin governor is the kind of winner Trump loves to have on his team. He’s tall, he’s handsome, he’s fiscally responsible, and he’s forced more social justice warriors into therapy than every critic of the Ghostbusters reboot combined.
1. Mark Cuban: How better to defeat an eccentric billionaire with a reality television following and some slight anger issues than with another eccentric billionaire with a reality television following and some slight anger issues? Plus, Cuban’s ready to go – all Hillary needs to do is ask.
2. Joe Biden: Let’s face it, he doesn’t want to have to pack up the Naval Observatory anyway. He just tapped a keg of Natty Lite in the backyard! He’s already shined up the T-Bird for the summer!
No one knows Vice Presidenting better than the man who came to define the role for the new millenium.
3. Kourtney Kardashian: If Hillary’s looking to add a little girl power to the ticket, she need look no further than America’s real “first family.”
You may laugh, but Kourtney’s launched several successful businesses outside of her family’s reality television empire. And anyone who can manage Scott Disick can definitely handle Donald Trump.
4. Sheryl Sandberg: The Facebook chief is already a dedicated Democratic bundler and successful businesswoman, so she could round out the Clinton ticket nicely.
Plus, she comes with plenty of connections to Silicon Valley, so Hillary will never have to worry about server trouble ever again.
5. Bill Clinton: Clinton is already running on the goodwill her husband created during his administration, why not just admit its a two-for-one ticket?
Sure, there’s that whole Constitution thing, but mere rules have never stopped HIllary Clinton. Plus Bill doesn’t want to be First Lady any more than Hillary did.
6. Sen. Cory Booker: The social media savvy former mayor of Newark might be the most likable politician to come along since Hamilton was cast.
He’s pragmatic, popular with Millennials, he tends to reach across the aisle to Republicans when needed, and he even looks good in a pantsuit.