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Channel 2’s Richard Elliot was with former presidential candidate and radio talk show host Herman Cain on Thursday when he asked Trump about the vice-presidential nominee choice.

Trump mentioned Chris Christie and Georgia's Newt Gingrich, but he offered glowing praise for Pence.

“Chris Christie's been a great friend of mine, and Newt has been a great friend, friend of mine, and Gov. Pence has done such an incredible job in Indiana, you know, you look at what's happened out there, it's really like a miracle state,” Trump said.

Just minutes after the interview, rumors started circulating that Pence was indeed the choice.

Trump's Georgia campaign director even tweeted out “Pence #rnc2016.”

Around 2 p.m., Gingrich himself took to Facebook Live and while not offering any clues, he admitted Pence might be a safer choice to appease some of the anti-Trump delegates.

“I told him quite directly that I thought he had a choice between two pirates on the ticket, or having a pirate and a relatively stable, more normal person,” Gingrich said.

Democratic strategist Tharon Johnson sees the choice of Pence as a safe one for Trump.

“I think that as we go into the convention, this is a move that quite frankly Donald Trump knew he had to bring someone that can kind of ease the angst and resistance that Donald Trump is facing right now,” Johnson told Elliot.

There is no word on when Trump will reschedule his announcement at this point.

Who is Mike Pence?

Michael Richard Pence was born in Columbus, Ind., on June 7, 1959, one of six children. Pence earned a degree in history then went on to get his law degree and work in private practice as a young man.

He became the president of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, a free market think tank. Pence left that job to become a talk radio host prior to being elected to six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He won the election for governor of Indiana in 2012, and has said he is running for reelection in 2016.

One of his main platforms is education reform, and he is also known for reaching across the aisle to work on legislation. Pence opposes both same-sex marriage and civil unions.

On March 26, 2015, Pence signed the Indiana "religious objections" bill into law that some saw as a pass to discriminate against LGBT people. After waves of pressure over the bill, Pence signed legislation revising the law to prevent discrimination against homosexuals.

Pence has strong backing among many evangelical leaders in the Republican Party, although he faces a difficult re-election battle in Indiana as he supports socially conservative policies.