Mike Pence: Everything You Need to Know

Name: Michael Richard "Mike" Pence

Party: Republican

Date of Birth: June 7, 1959

Age: 57

What He Does Now: 50th Governor of Indiana (elected 2012, inaugurated 2013). Pence is up for reelection in 2016. State law bars him from seeking reelection and running for vice president at the same time.

What He Used to Do: From 2001 to 2013, Pence was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was also Chairman of the House Republican conference and Chairman of the Republican Study Committee. In 2006, he ran to be minority leader of the House but lost to John Boehner. Pence previously worked as an attorney at a private practice and launched two failed congressional bids before getting a job at a think tank. He also hosted a talk radio show and a TV show in Indiana.

Hometown: Columbus, Indiana

Family Tree: Pence was born to a middle class family in Columbus, Indiana. He was one of six children. His parents, Nancy Jane and Edward Pence, ran a string of gas stations. He is of Irish Catholic descent. His grandfather was a bus driver from Chicago who came to the U.S. from Ireland via Ellis Island.

Mike and his wife Karen, a former elementary school teacher, recently celebrated 31 years of marriage. They've been married since 1985 and have three children. His son Michael, 24, is a Marine Corps officer. His oldest daughter Charlotte, 22, is a filmmaker who recently graduated from college. His youngest daughter Audrey, 21, goes to Hanover College and considers herself socially liberal. Audrey says her dad tells her he is proud of her for having formed her own opinions. His family lived in Arlington, Virginia, while he was a congressman.

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