Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to appoint his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to the Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance, two sources with knowledge of the decision told NBC News.

The sources, who were granted anonymity to share details of private discussions, said the announcement is slated to come at a 1 p.m. news conference that DeWine has called at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.