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As Commander in Chief of the military, the President returns salutes of Unit Commanders when bearing the flag or otherwise and honors the flag with a hand over heart when it is passing via a group outside the military. The Vice President on the other hand has NO role in the US Military and as such would not ever salute the flag or a military unit until such time that the VP was serving as the President.
That is all in theory, in practice the reality is different. I have seen two videos on YouTube where VP Joe Biden returns a salute. In fact in the second video it appears that the officer saluting is expecting him to return the salute because he holds his salute for a long time until it's returned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOev-fY4gQs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_aOTGiVe0A
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