REPUBLICAN presidential hopeful Donald Trump has announced that Indiana Governor Mike Pence will be his running mate and pick for vice president.
A news conference was set for tomorrow for the two men who will take on Hillary Clinton and her Democratic running mate in November.
Trump offered the vice presidential spot to Gov. Pence pn Thursday, and the governor boarded a plane for New York in anticipation of a Friday announcement, according to a Republican with knowledge of the process. But shortly after Gov. Pence arrived, Trump abruptly said he was postponing an announcement because of the deadly attack in Nice, France, that left more than 80 people dead.
The staunchly conservative Gov. Pence, who is 57, served six terms in Congress before being elected governor and could help Trump navigate Capitol Hill. He’s well-regarded by evangelical Christians, particularly after signing a law that critics said would allow businesses to deny service to gay people for religious reasons.
Trump’s announcement came about an hour before a deadline for Gov. Pence to withdraw from his re-election race in Indiana. State law prohibits candidates from being on the ballot in two races.
Trump’s hectic decision-making process was made more complicated by the fact that the businessman was in California on Thursday for a series of fundraisers, isolated from nearly all of his closest advisers, including his three adult children and his campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
Frustration among Trump and his advisers mounted because of news reports that Gov. Pence was the pick, sending top aides scrambling to insist no final decision had been made.
The billionaire said in a series of television interviews on Thursday night that he’d not yet settled on a “final, final” choice, leaving open the possibility the unpredictable presumptive nominee could change his mind.
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