Imagine the following scenario: On the 9th of January 2024 in the morning we wake up to news that President of the USA Joe Biden suffered a stroke and died in White House. The administration confirms that the death was entirely natural and no third party contributed to it. Even before the news reach all TV stations another one breaks: Former president of the USA Donald Trump has suffered a cardiac arrest and died in his residence in Mar a Lago. Early reports claim that the site was secure and no malicious actor could reasonably reach Mr. Trump so the death is most likely natural.
What happens then?
Neither have been elected yet. The Democrat and Republican parties would both nominate new candidates for president and then people would vote on them.
If you’re talking about after they’ve been elected then the vice president takes over as president, followed by the speaker of the house if the vice president is incapacitated.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession#:~:text=The order of succession specifies,of the Senate%2C and then
Important to note that the speaker only takes over if the president and vp died together. If the president dies, the vp takes over and picks a new vp, who would then be first in the line of succession.
And the new President doesn’t necessarily have to pick a VP, it’s just expected to fill the vacancy.
The VP has to be confirmed by congress so the vacancy could be a long one.
Thank you for the correction!
I’m pretty sure they’ve both been elected as president. Biden is even currently president, and I don’t think he was appointed or anything.
You have a fair point there.
Since in OPs hypothetical they specified the Jan 9 date and that Biden had been elected, I misspoke.
tbf I didn’t read the OP beyond the title! Haha
Cheers!
I think they meant elected as candidates or the next president.