Mike Pence: The President-in-Waiting

IN THE OPENING PAGES of The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence, co-authors Michael D'Antonio and Peter Eisner return to the January 2017 inauguration for a striking tableau of the United States's political odd couple. As Trump took the oath of office with his hand on two Bibles — his own and Lincoln's — he “stood with his coat hanging open, like a kaftan, to reveal a long red necktie. Despite much cosmetic intervention, he looked old and tired.” Pence, quietly looking on with his hands clasped and a faint smile on his face, “appeared trim, perhaps even athletic, and could have passed for a man ten years younger” than his true age of 58.