Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Sunday again would not rule out running for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate. 

Manchin was asked about the possibility during an interview with “Fox News Sunday.”

“Not ruling anything in, not ruling anything out,” Manchin, 75, said.

Manchin said the country “better have a Plan B” in the event that the Republican and Democratic parties nominate far-right and far-left candidates.” A centrist choice is needed, he said.

A moderate in a red state, Manchin has at times frustrated his fellow Democrats in the Senate, where his party holds a razor-thin majority, by blocking parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Manchin’s rhetoric mirrors the bipartisan, centrist group No Labels, which says it’s working to nominate an independent presidential candidate in ’24. Manchin is reportedly on its radar.

“No Labels has been moving and pushing very hard of a centrist middle, making common-sense decisions, people that basically expect us to do our job and not put the political party ahead of the policy in our great country,” Manchin said.

“You better have Plan B because if Plan A shows that we're going to the far reaches of both sides, the far left and the far right, and that people don't want to go to the far left and the far right — they want to be governed from the middle.”

But Manchin would not say if he himself would be that third option. He also did not say if he might run on a No Labels ticket or separately. 

“I'm not saying who's it going to include or exclude,” he said. “I'm saying you better have Plan B ready … because that's what it's going to take for this country to remain the superpower of the world.”

Nancy Jacobson, the co-founder and leader of No Labels, told The New York Times last month the group will determine whether to nominate a ticket shortly after the Super Tuesday primaries on March 5. It has scheduled a national convention for April 14-15 in Dallas. 

Much like Manchin, Jacobson said a No Labels ticket would be “an insurance policy in the event both major parties put forth presidential candidates the vast majority of Americans don’t support.”

Some Democrats have voiced concerns that a major third-party candidate would siphon votes from Biden and might help Donald Trump return to the White House.

Manchin also has not said whether he’d seek reelection to the Senate next year. Gov. Jim Justice and U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, both Republicans, have announced they are running for the seat. An East Carolina University poll last week had Justice leading Manchin in a hypothetical general election 54%-32%.