DeSantis to announce 2024 presidential bid on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will announce his 2024 presidential run Wednesday evening during a virtual event on Twitter with the social media platform’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, according to two people familiar with the planning of the appearance.

DeSantis will declare his intentions on a public audio chat called a “Twitter Space,” the people said. Musk has met privately with DeSantis and praised him publicly in the fall, saying he would back the governor if he ran for the president, but he has yet to endorse a candidate and recently praised Sen. Tim Scott…