Senate would pick the VP -- giving it to Pence.
Given Biden's mental state, he is likely to be much more than a figurehead President, and will probably not be able to serve his entire term as just a figurehead.
If Biden is President and Trump is VP, you may actually see democrats calling for Biden to either be impeached or to step down so Trump would not be eligible for a 3rd term if he serves less than 2 years as actual President after the 2020 election.
If you think politics were filled with drama today....
It is not constitutional for a president to serve a 3rd term, even by this convoluted route. He would not even be eligible for VP. Very interesting narrative though.
Prime is correct. If he serves for less than 2 years after replacing Biden, he could be elected for a second time and serve 4 more years.
Prime is saying the dems would force Biden out so Trump would be forced to serve more than 2 years and therefore ineligible to run in 2024. (surely Trump would resign 1 day before he hit the 2 year mark though, right?)
Here's the constitution:
Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2. This Article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
Pretty sure this is what you guys are talking about in common peoples terms:
The [25th] amendment caps the service of a president at 10 years. If a person succeeds to the office of president without election and serves less than two years, he may run for two full terms; otherwise, a person succeeding to office of president can serve no more than a single elected term. Although there have been some calls for repeal of the amendment, because it disallows voters to democratically elect the president of their choice, it has proved uncontroversial over the years. Nevertheless, presidents who win a second term in office are often referred to as “lame ducks,” and the race to succeed them often begins even before their inauguration to a second term.
And on the subject of Biden for a second, I don't think this was mentioned thus far -- but there is no term limits or anything for the Vice President. You can serve as the VP for as many terms as you're elected for -- though the most anyone has done is 8. Plus I mean, who in gods name wants to be the VP for more then 8 years. Unless you're praying on your Pres to die of course.
