Former Vice President Mike Pence was, for most of their four years together, a loyal partner who helped smooth Trump’s dealings with establishment Republicans and evangelical conservatives.
“It compresses things,” said Joel Goldstein, a vice presidential scholar and professor emeritus at Saint Louis University.
At one point, polling showed him to be one of the least-liked vice presidential candidates over the last 30 years.
And during his own presidency, Biden tasked Vice President Kamala Harris with the tough-to-define and tough-to-evaluate assignment of tackling the root causes of migration from Mexico and Central America.
He also was the last sitting vice president to win the presidency.
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