Pence's candidacy is a challenge to his former partner Donald Trump in the Republican primary in 2024. Pence is scheduled to officially launch his campaign and enter the presidential race through a video interview in Iowa next Wednesday, where his 64th birthday falls.
Trump's candidacy comes as a parliamentary committee in the US Congress accuses him of personally planning and overseeing multi-party efforts aimed at changing the outcome of the presidential election that resulted in the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. The estrangement between the two men undermines the chances of Mike Pence, who many pro-Trump activists still consider a "traitor"