Fact check: Would RFK Jr.'s running mate be the youngest vice president ever?
At the March 26 event in Oakland, California, Shanahan said she understands young voters' political frustrations because she also is young.
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Near the end of her acceptance speech as the running mate for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., technology entrepreneur and lawyer Nicole Shanahan touted the ticket’s appeal to younger voters.
At the March 26 event in Oakland, California, Shanahan said she understands young voters’ political frustrations because she also is young.
"People talk about my age," Shanahan said. "It’s true. I will be the youngest vice president in American history."
That’s incorrect. She would be the second youngest.
Shanahan was born in Placer County, California, on Sept. 26, 1985.
That means she is 38 years old now and would be 39 on Jan. 20, 2025, if the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket wins the election and she’s sworn in.
The Kennedy campaign did not immediately respond to an inquiry for this article.
We rate Shanahan’s statement that if elected, "I will be the youngest vice president in American history" False.
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