Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper met with Hillary Clinton last week. | AP Photo Clinton spoke with Hickenlooper about VP job

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper “briefly” spoke with Hillary Clinton regarding the search for her running mate, he said Wednesday.

Hickenlooper met with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for an hour over coffee last week in Denver. When asked by Bloomberg TV’s David Gura whether he would entertain joining Clinton’s ticket, Hickenlooper responded in the affirmative.


“Oh, sure. I think, especially if you look at the challenges that this country and the world faces right now, if you’re someone who’s asked, that you’re one of the people that can really make a difference and your country needs you, of course you take it seriously,” he said.

Hickenlooper acknowledged that he and Clinton talked about the veep search “briefly” but “spent most of the time” discussing workforce training and transitioning workers in careers with diminishing jobs into new fields.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is reportedly the leading candidate in a list that includes Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.