WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President- elect Donald Trump has announced that he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee for transportation secretary.

Duffy is a former reality TV star who was one of Trump’s most visible defenders on cable news. Duffy served in the House for nearly nine years, was a member of the Financial Services Committee and chairman of the subcommittee on insurance and housing. He left Congress in 2019 and is co-host of “The Bottom Line” on Fox Business.

In his announcement Monday, Trump noted that Duffy is married to a Fox News host, calling him “the husband of a wonderful woman, Rachel Campos-Duffy, a STAR on Fox News.”

Duffy is the second Fox-affiliated television host that Trump has named to his Cabinet. Trump last week announced his choice of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary.

Duffy in 2022 ruled out a run for Wisconsin governor, saying he needed to care for his nine children, including his youngest child who had a heart condition.

A former lumberjack athlete, Duffy was featured on MTV’s “The Real World: Boston” in 1997. He met his wife on the set of MTV’s “Road Rules: All Stars” in 1998.

After his time on reality television, Duffy worked as a special prosecutor and Ashland County district attorney. He won election to Congress as part of a tea party wave in 2010.

The DOT oversees the nation’s complex transportation system, including pipelines, railroads, cars, trucks, the airlines and mass transit systems as well as federal funding for highways.