Nicole Shanahan has been quiet since being named RFK Jr.'s running mate

Nicole Shanahan leapt into the political spotlight in California two weeks ago, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named her as the vice presidential nominee for his independent ticket. But the Bay Area lawyer and entrepreneur has been out of the public eye once again since she left the stage on March 26.

Though she has posted several times on social media, Shanahan has not participated in any of Kennedy's public events or media appearances since her rollout.

Friday morning, Shanahan posted on X that she was visiting the southern border in Yuma, Arizona. “I’ll be honest: I didn’t understand the gravity of the crisis at the border until today when I sat with NGO leaders who are on the front lines in Yuma Arizona,” she wrote on the social media platform.

Last weekend, Kennedy hosted his first public campaign event since the VP announcement in Oakland. But his running mate was not in attendance at the Los Angeles event.

On Monday, while interviewing a senior Kennedy campaign adviser, the Fox News show "Fox & Friends" promoted a live joint interview with Kennedy and Shanahan slated for Tuesday. But Kennedy flew solo for the interview.

When NBC News reached out to the campaign, an aide said that Shanahan was never supposed to appear and that the booking was “lost in translation.”

According to a campaign official, Shanahan is not expected to attend Kennedy’s event in Iowa next weekend that will focus on ballot access in the Hawkeye State.

American Values 2024, the super PAC supporting Kennedy’s campaign and the group to which Shanahan donated money for his February Super Bowl ad, has been hosting fundraisers for Kennedy in Florida this week. It is unclear if Shanahan was in attendance at any of these events.

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