The staunchly conservative 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 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 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 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 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.
But Manafort dismissed suggestions in an interview on Fox News Channel that Trump was having second thoughts about his choice. He said Trump was planning on making an announcement this weekend.
Looks more and more like Trump was the Trojan Horse to insure Clinton's election. Whatever he had in mind he's done us all a tremendous favor in locking it down for the Democrats.
Trump's first choice was Putin, but he hasn't finished screwing Eastern Europe yet. (Nice cut and paste btw ).
I don't know why you keep trying to goad with the cut and paste thing. Like that is something to hide? This is what people who know how to read and study do. You should try it sometime. It makes my point.
By the WAY. The Putin thing was mildly amusing by the way.
