If former President Donald Trump taps North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be his running mate, the biggest beneficiary of the partnership could be someone else entirely: Harold Hamm, the billionaire founder of shale oil drilling giant Continental Resources, could end up with two powerful allies in a Trump White House. Burgum's ties to Hamm and the shale oil drilling giant he founded are complex. Continental is the largest oil and gas leaseholder in North Dakota, where oil and gas is biggest industry by revenue. The two men also have a friendship outside of business: Burgum recently contributed a rave review blurb to Hamm's new memoir. And during his 2023 state of the state address, Burgum compared Hamm favorably to President Theo