Washington ? Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback has been selected to formally nominate John McCain’s choice for vice president at the Republican National Convention next week.

Spokesman Brian Hart says Brownback will place the candidate’s name into nomination on Thursday night, the convention’s final night, when the Kansan is also scheduled to be a featured speaker.

Brownback became one of McCain’s strongest supporters after ending his own White House bid.

The GOP convention’s four-day gathering in St. Paul, Minn., runs Sept. 1-4.