Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence were again tested for COVID-19 on Sunday and received negative results, the White House said on Sunday. The results are the third negative results the couple has received in the past week.
Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence were again tested for COVID-19 on Sunday and received negative results, the White House said in a statement on Sunday.
The results are the third negative results the couple has received in the past week since President Donald Trump announced early Friday both he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus. Pence is expected to resume in-person campaigning this week with a stop in Arizona on Thursday, a day after he is set to debate Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Salt Lake City.The White House had disclosed Thursday that Hope Hicks, one of the president's longest-serving aides who traveled with Trump to a Minnesota rally this week, tested positive.Pence is head of the administration's coronavirus task force.
If President Trump is incapacitated or temporarily steps away from his duties as president, Pence would assume those powers. In an extreme circumstance, if the president were to die from the virus, Pence is first in line to succeed him.
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