Former Vice President Mike Pence laid into former President Donald Trump Tuesday, accusing him of prioritizing himself over the Constitution — and blasting his latest run for the White House as a “distraction.”

Pence’s strongly-worded condemnation of his former running mate came in response to Trump’s third indictment in four months, charging the 45th president for his alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

“Today’s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States,” Pence tweeted Tuesday. “I will have more to say about the government’s case after reviewing the indictment.”

“The former president is entitled to the presumption of innocence but with this indictment, his candidacy means more talk about January 6th and more distractions,” Pence continued. “As Americans, his candidacy means less attention paid to Joe Biden’s disastrous economic policies afflicting millions across the United States and to the pattern of corruption with Hunter [Biden].”

Pence, 64, who is challenging Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, added that the country was “more important than one man,” and that the US Constitution was “more important than any one man’s career.”

“On January 6th, Former President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution,” Pence added, referring to Trump’s efforts during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol to get him to halt the certification of electoral votes. “I chose the Constitution and I always will.”

The rift that opened between Trump and Pence in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot has only deepened in the intervening years.

Today’s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States.

During last year’s public hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 events, a former aide to Trump’s then-chief of staff Mark Meadows testified under oath that when the president heard his supporters chanting “hang Mike Pence,” he told White House staff that his vice president “deserves” it.

Earlier this year, Pence came out strongly against his former boss, saying that he was “wrong” to ask him to overturn the results of the election.

“And his reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day,” Pence said at the annual Gridiron Dinner in March, “and I know history will hold Donald Trump accountable.”

Former President Donald Trump has been hit with a number of charges following his time in office.

Here are all of the legal troubles Trump will face as he heads toward the 2024 election.

Former President Donald Trump has been hit with a number of charges following his time in office.

Trump faces charges for conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.

If convicted of the latest charges brought against him by Special Counsel Jack Smith, Trump could face up to 55 years in prison — but that would not automatically exclude the 77-year-old billionaire from the 2024 presidential election, in which he is the frontrunner for the GOP nomination.

Trump has already pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts related to his storage of classified documents at his Mar-A-Lago estate, becoming the first former president to be slapped with a federal indictment.

Separately, Trump was indicted by a New York Grand Jury in March for “hush money” payments to porn star Story Daniels during his 2016 campaign.