FILE – Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an Associated Press event, Oct. 3, 2023, in Washington. In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, March 15, 2024, Pence said he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” he said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

       FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing at the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington. In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, March 15, 2024, Pence said he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” he said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

       FILE – Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an Associated Press event, Oct. 3, 2023, in Washington. In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, March 15, 2024, Pence said he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” he said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

       FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing at the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington. In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, March 15, 2024, Pence said he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” he said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

       FILE – Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an Associated Press event, Oct. 3, 2023, in Washington. In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, March 15, 2024, Pence said he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” he said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

       FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing at the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington. In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, March 15, 2024, Pence said he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” he said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

       NEW YORK — Former Vice President Mike Pence says he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

       “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” Pence said in an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, weighing in for the first time since the former president became the presumptive GOP nominee. Pence ran against Trump for their party’s nomination but d ...