Caitlyn Jenner jokes she will be Kanye West’s running mate in 2020 election bid
Reality TV star and former Olympic decathlete Caitlyn Jenner joked on Thursday that she might consider putting herself forward to be Kanye West’s running mate.
Her informal application for the role came as Mr West filed federal papers to officially become a candidate and managed to secure a place on the presidential ballot in Oklahoma — contradicting reports that he has ended his quixotic campaign almost immediately after he announced it.
Ms Jenner was making her way out of a Starbucks in Westlake Village, California when she was ambushed by a reporter from TMZ, who asked if she planned to vote for Mr West.
“Or will I just text him and say I’ll be your VP?” she said. “What a combination!”
Asked by the reporter if she’s actually going to do it, she laughingly replied: “We’ll see”. Whether the exchange has actually happened is unclear.
Mr West, who says he envisions transforming the US into something like Wakanda, the fictional nation featured in superhero movie Black Panther, has already mentioned a running mate: Michelle Tidball, a relatively obscure self-described “biblical life coach” whom Mr West seems to have met in Wyoming.
However, Ms Tidball’s candidacy has not been made official, nor has she made any clear public statements about it — meaning an offer Ms Jenner’s might yet be accepted.
Mr West’s campaign has been met with both enthusiasm and concern by other celebrities. And while erratic entrepreneur Elon Musk initially appeared to support him, he has since said that the two “may have more differences of opinion than I anticipated”.
