President Trump said Friday morning that if Vice President Pence runs for president in 2024, he wouldn’t automatically have his endorsement. [‘An easy target’: Pence takes barbs from both sides as he promotes Trump]President Trump, standing with Vice President Pence, speaks to journalists before going into a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on Jan. 9. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)Though it probably stings for Pence that Trump wouldn’t automatically endorse him, it’s been nearly 20 years since the sitting vice president, then Al Gore, was the automatic front-runner. Then, after eight years as George W. Bush’s vice president, Richard B. Cheney did not seek the nomination. When Biden was still considering running in 2016, Obama was asked in early 2015 whom he’d choose between his vice president and Clinton.

Source: Washington Post June 14, 2019 13:27 UTC