After significant speculation, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida is officially running for president in 2024.

A formal announcement will come during a conversation between DeSantis and Elon Musk on Twitter on Wednesday, May 24th at 6 p.m. ET.

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He will appear on national TV for his first interview with Trey Gowdy on Fox News. This will occur on Wednesday, May 24th at 8 p.m. Inside sources confirmed DeSantis’ intention to run for president to Fox News.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, DeSantis graduated from Yale University in 2001. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 2005.

After law school, DeSantis served in the United States Navy from 2004 to 2010. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007 and 2008, where he served as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One.

DeSantis left the Navy in 2010 and began a career in law. He worked as a federal prosecutor in the Middle District of Florida from 2010 to 2012.

In 2012, DeSantis was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served in Congress for six years, during which time he became a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.

DeSantis has proven himself to be a strong leader and he’s very popular in Florida, where he currently serves as the state’s 46 governor.

As governor, DeSantis has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and the environment. He has also been a vocal critic of President Joe Biden and the Biden administration.

DeSantis is expected to file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and officially launch his campaign.

In 2022, Elon Musk endorsed DeSantis for president. “My preference for the 2024 presidency is for someone sensible and centrist,” Musk said.

“I had hoped that would the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far,” Musk added.

When asked online what candidate he leaning toward for the 2024 presidential election, Musk said, “DeSantis.”

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Even though he’s been on the 2024 sidelines, DeSantis for months has been in the top tier of Republican nomination contenders, behind former President Donald Trump and ahead of the rest of the field of actual and likely candidates in nearly every GOP primary poll.

The announcement by DeSantis coincides with his meeting this week in Miami with top financial backers.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to voters on March 10, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A formal campaign kickoff event will likely take place sometime after this week’s gathering of top donors and bundlers, but no details have been shared by the campaign.

The blockbuster move by the two-term Florida governor now turns the battle for the Republican nomination into an apparent two-person fistfight between DeSantis and Trump.

DeSantis, who at age 44 is more than three decades younger than Trump, won his first election as governor in 2018 thanks to a major assist from the then-president. But he became a force of his own as he’s built a political brand that stretches from coast to coast.