One advantage of Pence is that he will be only 65 after Trump has served 8 years...Gingrich would be 81 after serving 8 years as Vice President so not a plausible candidate in 2024.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Good points, Verginius Rufus. And I might add, Dan Quayle, another Midwesterner and actual Hoosier as an example.