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The '''Vice-President''' of the United States is a Constitutional role, with the primary function of being the next in line to the presidency, should the President be killed or otherwise unable to fulfill his duty.
The '''Vice-President''' of the United States is a Constitutional role, with the primary function of being the next in line to the presidency, should the President be killed or otherwise unable to fulfill his duty.
The Vice President is also the President of the [[Senate]], able to break ties should the Senate vote a tie.
The current Vice President is Richard B. [[Cheney]]. The Vice President elect is [[Joe Biden]].
==Eligibility==
Because the Vice President may have to become the President, he or she must be qualified to be President, meaning they be a natural born U.S. citizen; they must be 35 years old; and they must have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 (consecutive?) years.
==Election of the Vice President==
Originally, the Vice President was the person who received the 2nd most number of votes in an Presidential Election. However, once political parties became the norm, the party at large selected the persons they wished to present for President and Vice President, and nominated them at the same time. The ballots no longer reflect an individual vote for both the President and a separate one for Vice President, but a single vote that selects both at once.