Mike Pence announces he will NOT endorse Donald Trump and says it should be 'no surprise' but confirms he would 'never' vote for Joe Biden and quashes idea of third-party run

Former Vice President Mike Pence, who served under former President Donald Trump, said Friday he would not endorse the former president for the 2024 election. 

The former vice president announced the news during an interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum. 

'It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,' Pence said. 

Republican former Vice President Mike Pence said he would not endorse former Donald Trump for president in 2024, citing too many differences he had with the president

Pence said he was proud of the work the Trump administration did during their first term but said there were 'profound differences' between him and the former president.

He cited Trump's failure to address the national debt, distancing himself from pro-life issues, and Trump's opposition to a Congressional bill banning TikTok as three reasons he would not endorse Trump. 

'In each of these cases, Donald Trump is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on. 

 Pence also cited his most famous disagreement with Trump on his decision to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election on January 6. 

'Given these deep differences,' Pence said. 'I cannot in good conscience publicly endorse President Trump.'

Pence, who ran his own failed presidential campaign in 2024, said he would continue traveling the country and talking about what Republicans should be supporting.

'What I'm going to spend the rest of the year is talking about what we should be for,' he said. 'The broad mainstream conservative agenda that has defined our party and always made America strong and prosperous and free.'

 Pence refused to say who he would support in the 2024 election but said he would not vote for President Joe Biden. 

'I would never vote for Joe Biden but how I vote when that curtain closes, that will be for me,' he said. 

He indicated he would also not run as a third party candidate. 

'I'm a Republican, Martha,' he said.