Donald Trump's first vice president snags new job

Former Vice President Mike Pence is heading back to school Pence who served as vice president during President Donald Trump's first term in the White House but who later ran against his former boss in the Republican presidential primaries is joining George Mason University's Schar School of Procedures and Establishment as a distinguished professor of practice The northern Virginia-based school commented that Pence will begin teaching undergraduate courses and public-facing seminars starting in next year's spring semester The school in a Tuesday announcement also announced that Pence will be available via moderated discussions and mentorship programs with students pursuing degrees in political science law population administration and related fields FORMER VICE PRESIDENT PENCE RECEIVES JFK PROFILE IN COURAGE AWARDSchar School dean Mark Rozell commented that the former vice president's disciplined approach to communication and his deeply rooted conservative philosophy provide a principled framework to discussions of federalism the separation of powers and the role of values in populace life And Pence in a comment revealed that throughout my years of citizens system I have seen firsthand the importance of principled leadership and fidelity to the Constitution in shaping the future of our nation I look forward to sharing these lessons with the next generation of American leaders and learning from the remarkable students and faculty of George Mason University CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING ANALYSIS AND OPINION ON MIKE PENCEThe now- -year-old Pence a former congressman was Indiana's governor when Trump named him his running mate in For four years Pence served as the loyal vice president to Trump during the president's first term in the White House However everything changed on Jan as pro-Trump protesters including particular chanting hang Mike Pence stormed the U S Capitol aiming to upend congressional certification of now-former President Joe Biden's Electoral College preeminence a process overseen by Pence in his constitutional role as vice president The attack on the Capitol took place soon after Trump spoke to a large rally of supporters near the White House about unproven states that the voting was rigged due to massive voter fraud Pence rejected the advice of the Secret Provision that he flee the Capitol and after the rioters were eventually removed from the Capitol he resumed his constitutional role in overseeing the congressional certification ceremony The former vice president has repeatedly refuted Trump's claim that he could have overturned the presidential electoral process results Despite that Trump loyalists have never forgiven Pence whom they view as a traitor for refusing to assist the president's repeated efforts to overturn the poll results Pence in June launched a presidential campaign of his own joining a large field of challengers to Trump gunning for the GOP nomination becoming the first running mate in over years to run against their former boss Pence ran on a traditional conservative platform framing the future of the Republican Party against what he called the rise of populism in the party CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAmong the slim anti-Trump base of the Republican Party Pence received praise for his courage during the attack on the Capitol often receiving thanks at town halls during his campaign for standing up to Trump While Pence regularly campaigned in the crucial early-voting states of Iowa New Hampshire and South Carolina his White House bid never took off Struggling in the polls and with fundraising he suspended his campaign just four and a half months after declaring his candidacy