If the US president is president for 1 year and passes away. Does the vice president become president for 3 years or 4 years?

Answer 1

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three years.  the VP serves out the remainder of the President's term in office

Answer 2

If you can't subtract 1 from 4,  then you aren't old enough to be on this site. 

Answer 3

The VP  would finish and complete the dead presidents  term.....which is a 4 year term.   So  Harris would complete whatever fraction of that 4 years is left. 

She would then have to run for RE-Election, same as anyone , in 2024. 

Lyndon Johnson took over for Kennedy, and finished his first term.  He thrn ran for re-election in 1964.  and won. 

Ifffffffff a VP  must complete MORE than 2 years of a President's term......than  THAT is considered their first term. 

No person can serve more than 10 years in a row. 

Johnson  only completed a year of Kennedy's first term, so he *was* eligible to run two more times......but he DECLINED to run again in 1968......because of all the Vietnam War nonsense............but he COULD HAVE,  if he wanted to........and ultimately served  9 years......instead of 8. 

But he didn't. 

Answer 4

Yes, they finish the 3 year term, that is the purpose really of the VP.  They really do not do a lot more other than keep advised on everything going on in government so that they can take over if necessary.  Kind of like being an understudy. 

Answer 5

3 years.  Why?  You thinkin' Biden gonna die in 18 months?  

Answer 6

The remainder of the term, and is then still eligible to run for two terms of their own. It’s currently the only way a person could be president for more than eight years.