The individual has to be confirmed by both houses.
25th Amendment: Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
I suspect he’ll go for a younger, less Puritanical person; I can’t see two social cons winning in 2020.
john kasich would be my choice. a cool head would bring stability and sanity back to the government. I think Pence and Kasich would be a good combination
Mind you having just watched Vice, for the second time, if even half of what was on the screen was a bit true I would love for Cheney to get the job. what a man, what an operator
I’ll bet his first urge will be a Gavin McInnes type, but then again, how clean is Pence in this whole mess? Will he even get the chance to pick someone?
Honestly, I’m beginning to wonder how much Pence is involved with everything that has gone on with the Trump corruption ring. He could be in danger of impeachment as well if he was involved.
Nancy Pelosi, circa May 2019: "One of my proudest moments was when I looked Mike Pence in the eye and I said, ‘Mr. President, you will not fill the Vice President vacancy.’ "
Mother would make a fine VP. Plus, it would help out with his perfectly normal, not creepy at all policy of never being alone with another woman. Because mother would be right there. Always.
Given his connections to Manafort, and his casual lying about dumb stuff along the way, he doesn’t seem particularly “clean.”
On the plus side of the ledger, he would be only the second US president ever to attempt to levitate out of a meeting by using both his farts and the power of prayer.