Indiana Governor Mike Pence is presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's choice for running mate and future Vice President.
Pence is the sitting governor of Indiana since 2013, who describes himself as "a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order."
"For me it all begins with faith; it begins with what matters most, and I try and put what I believe to be moral truth first. My philosophy of government second. And my politics third," he said on Christian Broadcasting Network in 2010.
Pence was raised in a Catholic family, but said he made a "commitment to Christ" while participating in a nondenominational Christian student group in college.
"I made a commitment to Christ. I'm a born-again, evangelical Catholic," he once said.
"I began to meet young men and women who talked about having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ," he told CBN in an interview years ago. "That had not been a part of my experience."
"I think he's pretty serious about his prayer life, and his actions and deeds reflect his faith. That's part of what motivates him to public service," his law school mate Bill Stephan had said in 2012.
On the political front, he disagreed with Trump's suggestion to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
"Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional," he tweeted.
Throughout his public service, he said his Christian faith guided his decisions on social issues, including opposing embryonic stem cell research, abortion, and same-sex marriage.
While signing a bill to ban abortions of babies with disabilities such as Down Syndrome, he said, "I sign this law with a prayer that God would continue to bless these precious children, mothers and families."
This law was blocked by a federal judge last month.
Pence is also against the embryonic stem-cell research.
"I believe it is morally wrong to create human life to destroy it for research... I believe it is morally wrong to take the tax dollars of millions of pro-life Americans," he wrote in an op-ed on Christianity Today, adding that "scientific breakthroughs have rendered embryonic stem-cell research obsolete, effectively removing any perceived need to destroy human embryos in the name of science. Adult stem cells have been used to treat an estimated 11,000 patients in the United States in the past two years alone, and over 70 diseases, including Parkinson's and diabetes, have been treated using adult stem cells."
Pence is a social conservative, who believes that marriage is between one man and one woman. Regarding same-sex relationships, he said, "societal collapse was always brought about following an advent of the deterioration of marriage and family."
In March 2015, he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which allowed businesses and individuals to decline services if providing those services went against their sincerely-held religious beliefs.
"I will not support any bill that diminished the religious freedom of Hoosiers or that interferes with the constitutional rights of our citizens to live out their beliefs in worship, service or work. ... No one should ever fear persecution because of their deeply held religious beliefs," he said in the 2016 State of the State address.
