Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 14 ga Yuli, an ba da rahoton cewa an zaɓi Mike Pence a matsayin mataimakin Donald Trump, bayan karɓar tayin Trump. Trump ya shirya sanar da zabinsa a ranar 15 ga Yuli da karfe 11 na safe. ET, a Manhattan, amma, bayan harin ta'addanci
a cikin Promenade des Anglais, Nice, Faransa, ya sanar a ranar da ta gabata cewa zai jinkirta sanarwar. A safiyar ranar 15 ga Yuli, Trump ya sanar ta hanyar Twitter zabarsa na Gwamnan Indiana Mike Pence a matsayin mataimakinsa na mataimakin shugaban kasa. Trump ya ba da sanarwar a hukumance a wani taron manema labarai da karfe 11 na safe a ranar 16 ga Yuli. Pence ya kasance yana neman sake zaben a matsayin Gwamnan Indiana, amma dokar Indiana ta hana shi fitowa a kuri'un zabe sau biyu, don haka Pence ya dakatar da yakin neman zabensa na gwamna. A cikin yakin neman zaben Trump, Pence ya fito a matsayin abokin takara a watan Mayu saboda goyon bayan manyan masu ba da shawara Kellyanne Conway da Paul Manafort. CNN ta ruwaito cewa majiyoyi da yawa sun gaya musu cewa Trump yana da tunani na biyu game da zaɓar Pence kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin zaɓar Christie a maimakon haka, kodayake kamfen ɗin Trump ya musanta waɗannan rahotannin. Bayan zaɓen, "The New York Times" ya lura cewa Pence "mai ƙarfi ne kuma ɗan siyasa ne wanda za a iya hango shi" wanda ke da ƙarfin roƙo ga dama ta Kirista. A ranar 19 ga Yuli, dare na biyu na Babban Taron Republican na 2016, Pence ya lashe zaben mataimakin shugaban kasa ta hanyar yabo.