--- description: Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence both tested negative for the coronavirus his press secretary announced. title: Vice President Mike Pence and His Wife Test Negative for the Coronavirus, His Spokesperson Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7501c58e536bf6d8/698a0bd9b3fce36f490c67f0/mike-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vice President Mike Pence and His Wife Test Negative for the Coronavirus, His Spokesperson Says  by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 22, 2020 2:03 PM CUT  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and nurses at the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 18, 2020. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and nurses at the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 18, 2020.Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg—Getty Images  by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 22, 2020 2:03 PM CUT Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence both tested negative for the coronavirus, [officially known as COVID-19](https://time.com/tag/covid-19/ "undefined"), his press secretary announced. Katie Miller, Pence’s spokesperson, tweeted on Saturday night that “test results came back negative” for the couple. > [](https://twitter.com/VPPressSec/status/1241524786699874304) Pence had said earlier in the day during a White House briefing that he and his wife would be tested Saturday afternoon after one of his staffers tested positive for COVID-19\. Miller said on Friday that, “This evening, we were notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus,” [according to CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/politics/staffer-vice-president-office-coronavirus/index.html "undefined"). “Neither President Trump nor Vice President Pence had close contact with the individual,” Miller said. The White House physician said [President Donald Trump tested negative for coronavirus](https://time.com/5803244/trump-tested-coronavirus/ "undefined") last week and was “symptom-free…one week after having dinner with the Brazilian delegation in Mar-a-Lago.” The White House had previously announced that at the President’s Mar-a-Lago club, Trump came into contact with two individuals later confirmed to have COVID-19, one of whom he shook hands with and one of whom sat at his dinner table. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5807892/pence-tests-negative-coronavirus/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5807892/pence-tests-negative-coronavirus/"},"headline":"Vice President Mike Pence and His Wife Test Negative for the Coronavirus, His Spokesperson Says","datePublished":"2020-03-22T14:03:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T08:30:03.981Z","description":"The couple was tested for COVID-19 after one of Pence's staffers tested positive for the coronavirus","url":"https://time.com/5807892/pence-tests-negative-coronavirus/","keywords":["COVID-19"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7501c58e536bf6d8/698a0bd9b3fce36f490c67f0/mike-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sanya Mansoor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7501c58e536bf6d8/698a0bd9b3fce36f490c67f0/mike-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mike Pence","caption":"Mike Pence","creditText":"Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5807892/pence-tests-negative-coronavirus/","name":"Vice President Mike Pence and His Wife Test Negative for the Coronavirus, His Spokesperson Says"}}]}] ```