Independent candidate Evan McMullin may have picked his running mate — by accident

Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin might have to start searching high and low for the right "Nathan Johnson" to be his VP. While McMullin — who jumped into the race in August as a conservative alternative to Donald Trump — was reportedly using that name as a "placeholder" until he picked his running mate, Politico reported Wednesday that McMullin may actually be stuck with Nathan Johnson, whoever that may be:

McMullin's campaign declined to offer details to Politico on who this mysterious Nathan Johnson is, though they insisted that even he understood he was just a placeholder. "Nathan is a guy who's on the ballot right now with the full understanding that this is going to swap out in the immediate future," said Rick Wilson, McMullin's senior adviser and chief communications officer. "Our legal people have also had a long look at this thing and they're confident that we can do this, we can make this thing work."

Wilson insisted that sometime in the remaining 62 days of the election, the campaign will narrow down its list of 10 possible picks and have a VP nomination.

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Head over to Politico for more on McMullin's odds of getting around his accidental pick.