Mike Pence was a controversial vice president — again, that January 6th thing was a big deal — but his wife Karen made headlines all her own. She's an art therapist, and in 2019, the news broke that Karen was working at Immanuel Christian School, a school that would expel any student who came out as LGBTQ+.

Karen Pence, born Karen Sue Batten on , at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas, is an American schoolteacher and the wife of Mike Pence, the 48th Vice President of the United States. She served as the Second Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and the First Lady of Indiana from 2013 to 2017. Karen's life is a blend of dedication to education, art therapy, and family ...

From Mike Pence’s cringey nickname for his wife to Karen Pence ditching her promise to stay out of politics, their marriage definitely isn’t short on quirks.

He later attended Indiana University School of Law and met the love of his life, Second Lady Karen Pence. After graduating, Vice President Pence practiced law, led the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, and began hosting The Mike Pence Show, a syndicated talk radio show and a weekly television public affairs program in Indiana.