Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would not accept the vice presidential spot on former President Donald Trump’s 2024 ticket, despite already having been approached by Trump’s team.

“I would not take that job,” Kennedy, 70, said in a recent interview with NewsNation. “I’m flattered that President Trump would offer to me, but it’s not something that I’m interested in.”

The idea of a Trump-Kennedy ticket had been floated by the Trump campaign, according to Kennedy.

“People from the team have reached out to me,” he said.

Trump senior adviser Chris LaCivita openly rejected the assertion that the Trump campaign approached Kennedy.

“This is 100% FAKE NEWS — NO ONE from the Trump Campaign ever approached RFK jr [or ever will] — one of the most LIBERAL and radical environmentalists in the country,” LaCivita posted to X. “For all the fake news — update your stories.”

Earlier this month, Trump told Fox News’s Bret Baier that he is in “no rush” to announce his running mate.

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“Well, it’s never really had that much of an effect on an election, which is an amazing thing,” Trump said. “I may or may not release something over the next couple of months. There’s no rush to that. It won’t have any impact at all.”

“The person that I think I like is a very good person, pretty standard. I think people won’t be that surprised, but I would say there’s probably a 25% chance it would be that person.”