“Look, I never had an ambition to be president or vice president. I was honored to be asked,” the Minnesota governor told “the New Yorker Radio Hour” on Sunday. “If I feel I can serve, I will. And if nationally, people are like, ‘Dude we tried you, and look how that worked out,’ I’m good with that.”

“If I think I could offer something … I would certainly consider that.”

Walz, 60, recently ruled out running to replace the retiring Democratic US Sen. Tina Smith in 2026. He is eligible to run for a third term as governor of the Land of 10,000 Lakes in 2026, but has not said whether he will do so.

On Sunday, Walz told host David Remnick he was “not arrogant enough to believe there’s a lot of people that can do this,” but added that “if the circumstances are right” and he feels he “has the right skill set for the moment … I’ll do it.”

Pushed for a more definitive answer by Remnick, the governor answered: “I’ll do whatever it takes.”

The selection of Walz by Harris raised eyebrows after the veep opted against picking Josh Shapiro, the popular Democratic governor of swing state Pennsylvania.

Harris’ running mate failed to move the needle in the Democrats’ direction — coming off second-best in his debate against Republican JD Vance and even losing his home Blue Earth County in Minnesota.

On Sunday, Walz said the Democratic defeat is “one I’ll take with me to the grave.”

“An old white guy who ran for vice president, you’ll land on your feet pretty well. But I still struggle with it … when I see Medicaid cuts happening, when I see LGBTQ folks being demonized, when I see some of this happening, that’s what weighs on me personally,” he told Remnick.

Walz, who spent 12 years as a member of Congress before winning the governorship in 2018, told the New Yorker he would rather “eat glass” than return to the Capitol in explaining his decision not to seek Smith’s seat.

If Walz is re-elected as governor in deep-blue Minnesota and serves through 2031, he would become the longest-serving chief executive in the state’s history.

With Post wires.

With Post wires.