South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is set for her Senate confirmation hearing on Friday.
Trump nominated his longtime ally on Nov. 12 for the role central in his task to crack down on the number of immigrants entering the U.S. illegally. Noem was originally scheduled to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday before the Washington hearing was pushed to Friday morning.
The farmer and small-business owner turned elected official was shortlisted to be Trump’s vice presidential nominee before he ended up choosing now-Vice President-elect JD Vance to the Republican ticket.