CNN is set to hold a town hall with 2024 Republican hopeful former Vice President Mike Pence on June 7, just three days after the network is hosting a town hall with 2024 presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on June 4.

CNN host Dana Bash will moderate the town hall on June 7 at 9 p.m. EDT from Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, home to the crucial first-in-the-nation GOP caucuses next year.

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The event comes as Pence contemplates challenging his old boss, former President Donald Trump, for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination. He previously said he would make a decision on whether to run by late June. It also comes after Trump participated in a live town hall with CNN earlier this month, to mixed results. This marks the third in the network's series of 2024 Republican presidential town halls.

Bash will grill Pence on a wide array of questions in front of a live audience of Iowa Republican voters, who are likely to vote during the caucuses. Any serious Trump challenger will need a decisive victory in the Hawkeye State to knock down Trump's hold over GOP primary voters.

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The news of the CNN town hall with Pence also comes in the wake of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) finally announcing his long-awaited presidential campaign Wednesday night during a Twitter Spaces event with Twitter's Elon Musk and moderator David Sacks.

Trump continues to dominate the GOP 2024 race and is the undisputed front-runner, leading all other challengers by double digits in polls. But DeSantis remains his chief rival in the race, a fact that has led Trump and other Republicans to attack DeSantis during his presidential campaign rollout repeatedly.