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Karen and Charlotte Pence on Vice President's Faith, Creating Marlon Bundo's First Book (Interview)

'Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President' by Charlotte and Karen Pence.
"Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President" by Charlotte and Karen Pence. | (Photo: John Caruso/Regnery Publishing)

A new children's book by second lady Karen Pence and her daughter, Charlotte, details a day in the life of the vice president told from the perspective of their pet rabbit, Marlon Bundo. 

"The book shows the personal side of my dad," author Charlotte Pence said Tuesday in a phone interview with The Christian Post about her book, Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President, along with her mother Karen, a watercolorist who did the illustrations. Proceeds from sales will benefit anti-human trafficking efforts and art therapy initiatives Mrs. Pence has long championed.

The 24-year-old daughter of Vice President Mike Pence resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a career in filmmaking. The idea for this new book all began with her rabbit's growing online presence, she explained; her 5-year-old bunny has an Instagram account with a following of over 21,000. Marlon Bundo made his first appearance with his own account on the online picture sharing social media platform shortly after her father's and President Trump's inauguration in 2017.

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She first acquired the rabbit for a college film project and he has since been dubbed "BOTUS" — Bunny of the United States — and is the main character in the story.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, and his wife, Karen Pence acknowledge the audience before he speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada February 24, 2017.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, and his wife, Karen Pence acknowledge the audience before he speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada February 24, 2017. | (Photo: REUTERS/David Becker)

The Pences thought it would be fun to write a historic and educational book for children about the vice presidency. The book showcases several dimensions of the second-most powerful political office in the United States, including the role the vice president has as president of the Senate.

The Pences also provide a look inside the Naval Observatory in Washington D.C., the official residence of the vice president. The storyline traces Marlon Bundo as he hops from place to place, following Vice President Pence around for a day, a feat that, obviously, can't actually happen in real life.

At the end of the book, Marlon Bundo is seen with the vice president, who was raised Roman Catholic and is now a devout evangelical Christian, reading the Bible and praying before bed.

"My dad reads the Bible every day, prays every day, and we just thought that would be really fun and really special to put that in," Charlotte said.

Readers will notice that the page of the Bible the vice president is poring over is the 29th Chapter of the book of Jeremiah.

"The verse Jeremiah 29:11 is very special to my family. We have a painting of it on our mantle," she said.

That passage reads in the English Standard Version: "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a hope and future and hope."

"I really think we were kind of surprised that anybody even wanted to represent us," Mrs. Pence said when asked how this project bolstered their faith.

Excuse me, Mom, but you're squishing my head....

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