Check Sen. Bob Corker's name off the list of the possible running mates for Donald Trump.
The Tennessee senator, among those on a short list of potential vice presidential picks, withdrew his name from consideration on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson in his office.
Corker's exit comes a day after he campaigned with presumptive Republican nominee in North Carolina _ one of several swing states.
In an interview with The Washington Post, which first reported the news, Corker said that "there are people far more suited for being a candidate for vice president."
"It's a highly political job, and that's not who I am," he told the Post.
When Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stumped with Trump on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C., he lauded the billionaire businessman for his views on, among other things, immigration and stressed to voters in the Tar Heel state that Trump wants what's "best" for them. Alternatively, Trump, who is noticeably much taller than Corker, called the senator a "great friend."
Trump, who is expected to announce his vice presidential pick before the Republican National Convention, has been meeting with potential running mates and announcing it on social media. During the holiday weekend Trump visited with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst.
Pence, a former congressman, has more than a decade of experience in Congress and Ernst, a first-term senator, is an Iraq war veteran.
Moreover, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, an early supporter of Trump after abandoning his own presidential bid, is also under consideration as a possible No. 2.
On Wednesday, Trump is set to campaign with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Ohio.
