The future leader of the US

Former US Vice President Michael Pence believes that Americans will be able to find a better candidate for head of state in the future than former President Donald Trump.

Pence's conversation with the network aired just one day before Trump is expected to launch his third White House campaign.

Allies openly asked the former president to abstain until the composition of Congress next year is fully decided next month, following the Republicans' poor results in the midterm elections.

Looking ahead to the next race, Pence himself has been nominated as a potential challenger for 2024.

He told ABC News it was something under "consideration" in his family.

But he objected when asked about his chances of beating Trump in a head-to-head primary.

Also, Karen Pence, wife of the former vice president, added during a television special on Monday that she and her husband expect to discuss the issue with their three children over the holidays. She said the decision would come down to whether "they would feel called".

Michael Pence was chosen as Trump's running mate in 2016 in an apparent attempt to boost the New York billionaire's image among conservative Midwestern Christians.

But their relationship broke down permanently after the Capitol riots last January 6, when Pence refused to accept Trump's plan to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election.

Pence said on Monday that he had explicitly told Trump that they had lost the election "many times", but the former president continued to push his fraud theories.

It's worth noting that early polls of Republican Party voters show Trump is by far the unbridled favourite to win the Republican Party nomination in 2024. Most polls show Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in second place, with Pence in third.

Michael Pence also said in an interview that he is mulling the possibility of running for head of state in the 2024 election.

On 15 November, Trump is expected to announce his intention to run for president in 2024. However, following the moderate results of the Republicans in the congressional midterm elections and the failure of those candidates for whom Trump campaigned, there has been speculation in the US media that the party may not support his candidacy.