<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoJulayi 14, kwabikwa ukuthi uMike Pence ukhethiwe njengozakwabo kaDonald Trump, kulandela ukwamukela kwakhe isicelo sikaTrump. UTrump wayehlele ukumemezela ngokusemthethweni ukukhetha kwakhe ngoJulayi 15 ngo-11 ekuseni. I-ET, eManhattan, kodwa, ngemva kokuhlaselwa amaphekula  <response>: ePromenade des Anglais, eNice, eFrance, umemezele ngosuku olwandulela lolu ukuthi uzolubambezela lolu lwazi. Ekuseni ngoJulayi 15, uTrump wamemezela nge-Twitter ukukhetha kwakhe umbusi wase-Indiana uMike Pence njengomphathi wakhe wokugijima. UTrump wenza isimemezelo esisemthethweni engqungqutheleni yabezindaba ngo-11 ekuseni ngoJulayi 16. UPence ubelokhu egijimela ukuvotelwa kabusha njengoMbusi wase-Indiana, kodwa umthetho wase-Indiana umvimbele ukuthi avele kumavoti okhetho kabili, ngakho-ke uPence wamisa umkhankaso wakhe wokuba ngumbusi. Ngaphakathi komkhankaso kaTrump, uPence wavela njengomlingani ongaba khona ngoMeyi ngenxa yokuxhaswa ngabeluleki abaphezulu uKellyanne Conway noPaul Manafort. I-CNN ibike ukuthi imithombo eminingi yabatshela ukuthi uTrump ube nemibono emibili ngokukhethwa kukaPence futhi wazama ukukhetha uChristie esikhundleni salokho, yize umkhankaso kaTrump uphikile leyo mibiko. Ngemva kokukhethwa kwakhe, i-The New York Times yaphawula ukuthi uPence uyisazi sezombangazwe esiqinile nesingaqagelwa kusengaphambili esinesikhalo esinamandla kumaKristu angakwesokudla. NgoJulayi 19, ngobusuku besibili be-2016 Republican National Convention, uPence wanqoba ukuqokwa kukaVice-Mengameli ngokumemeza. 