Is Pence Running For President In 2024? His Aide Finally Responds

An aide of former Vice President Mike Pence denied reports that his boss filed a "statement of candidacy" for the 2024 presidential election with the Federal Election Commission.

Devin O'Malley, Pence's spokesperson, said the former vice president did not file paperwork to be a candidate for president.

"Former Vice President Mike Pence did not file to run for President today," O'Malley wrote on his Twitter account.

O'Malley also reacted to a tweet of digital strategist Greg Price, suggesting that someone "pranked" pundits and journalists.

A spokesperson for the FEC told Fox News Digital that it could not comment on specific filings, noting that the agency would review potentially fake or fictitious candidacy filings.

On Monday afternoon, a statement of candidacy for "Mike Richard Pence" was published on the FEC website, which included a post office box address from Anderson, Indiana, the former Vice President's home state.

Reuters reported that the statement was classified as "raw" filings on the website, which means it has yet to be processed by FEC.

Previous FEC filings made by Pence showed that he used "Michael," his full first name.

Despite the incident, Pence is reportedly weighing his options on whether to run for the White House in 2024.

An aide of Pence told The Washington Post that the former vice president would consult his family during the holidays in Indianapolis regarding his plans for the next presidential election.

Pence was also reported to be building his campaign staff. Politico learned that Ali Kjergaard, a spokesperson for outgoing Nebraska GOP Sen. Ben Sasse, has been recruited to become the communication director for Pence's nonprofit organization, Advancing American Freedom.

Pence's team was also looking to hire more communication and fundraising officials as the 2024 campaign started to ramp up.

In November, Pence stated that voters will "have better choices" than former President Donald Trump in 2024.

The relationship between Pence and Trump, the former GOP tandem, had begun to deteriorate since the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

In his newly published autobiography "So Help Me God," Pence blamed Trump for the event leading to the Capitol attack.

The former vice president said Trump's refusal to accept the election results was a "new low" for the former president.

So far, Trump is the only Republican to declare his intention to run for president in 2024.