Vice President Mike Pence's appearance with Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie will come after President Donald Trump weighed in on the race last week. | Darron Cummings/AP Pence to campaign for Gillespie in Virginia

Vice President Mike Pence will head to Virginia this week to campaign for Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie.

Pence will appear at a rally with Gillespie on Saturday in Abingdon, Gillespie spokesman David Abrams said Sunday.


The appearance will come just weeks before the general election. Polls show Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, trailing Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam.

President Donald Trump weighed in on the race last week, expressing his support for Gillespie and accusing Northam of "fighting for the MS-13 killer gangs & sanctuary cities."