Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that he “welcomed” his interaction with his one-time boss and running mate, Donald Trump when the two men met face to face for the first time in four years at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

Mike Pence's wife Karen did not greet President-elect Donald Trump or Melania Trump at Jimmy Carter's funeral Thursday morning. As the former vice president rose to shake hands with Trump, his wife remained seated. Neither of the Trumps extended a hand to her, and she did not appear to acknowledge them.

"This is a day when every American does well to celebrate our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power," Pence wrote.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a new interview that he ... since Trump pushed Pence not to certify the votes for Joe Biden's electoral victory almost exactly four years ago.

President-elect Donald Trump shook hands with his former Vice President Mike Pence and spoke extensively with former President Barack Obama during the state funeral for late President Jimmy Carter on Thursday.

The former second lady appeared to purposefully ignore her husband's onetime boss during Jimmy Carter's funeral.

The long-awaited report by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith offers a detailed account of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to retain power after losing the 2020 election and highlights his deteriorating relationship with Columbus native Vice President Mike Pence in the final weeks of his first administration.

"Today, I will attend the Inauguration of President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance at the U. S. Capitol," Pence wrote on X. "This is a day when every American does well to celebrate our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States."

A year ago, a survey of presidential scholars put him in the top third of chief executives while Trump ranked last. But that was before the 2024 election and campaign.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, is set to be sworn in as the 47th U.S. president