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President Donald Trump will announce his nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement in primetime on Monday.
He started with a list of 25 potential nominees, but has since narrowed it down to four finalists: Brett Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge, Thomas Hardiman, and Amy Coney Barrett.
Reports have surfaced that Kavanaugh and Hardiman were the final two finalists, but the nation won’t officially know until Trump makes his big announcement at 9 p.m. ET.
All four nominees are current federal appeals court judges and are all under the age of 55, meaning they would have the opportunity to shape the nation’s highest court for decades to come.
Here’s what you need to know about the backgrounds and legal careers of the final four:
