Pence’s drive for power, perhaps inspired by his belief that God might have big plans for him, explains why he shocked his allies by lending Christian credibility to a scandal-plagued candidate like Trump. Behind his self-proclaimed humility and self-abasing deference, however, hides a man whose own presidential ambitions have blazed since high school. Little-known outside his home state until Donald Trump made him his running mate, Mike Pence-who proclaims himself a Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third-has long worn a carefully-constructed mask of Midwestern nice. In this well-rounded, deeply-investigated biography, the first full look at the vice president, two award-winning journalists unmask the real Mike Pence. Cue the outrage from Sean Hannity et al." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) D'Antonio and Eisner have succeeded in this well-documented, damning book. "Producing a biography of a living, controversial politician is always difficult. You've seen his colors before, but not so vividly and in this detail." -Frank Bruni, The New York Times "It presents an entirely damning portrait of Pence.
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