White House hopeful Donald Trump has said the man who will join him on the Republican presidential ticket is a "man of character, honour and honesty".
Mr Trump called Indiana governor Mike Pence "a solid, solid person" and contrasted his character with what he deemed "the corruption of Hillary Clinton", his likely Democratic opponent in the election this autumn.
Mr Trump declared at an announcement event in New York: “What a difference between crooked Hillary Clinton and Mike Pence.”
The two men are scheduled to formally become their party’s nominees at next week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
Mr Trump said he and Mr Pence are the “the law and order candidates”, adding that his potential administration would be far tougher on both foreign and domestic terrorism than Mrs Clinton.