President-elect Donald Trump has privately encouraged Vivek Ramaswamy to consider an appointment to the US Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance if offered the position by Ohio Gov.

The co-leader of the “Department of Government Efficiency” could move to replace JD Vance in the Senate, though other contenders remain.

President-elect Donald Trump is quietly pushing entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to the Washington Examiner.

President-elect Donald Trump likes the idea of tech exec Vivek Ramaswamy replacing JD Vance in the US Senate, according to a source familiar with the conversations. Vance stepped down from his Ohio Senate seat last week ahead of his inauguration Monday as vice president.