They take office on January 20 of the year following their election.
We have elections to elect our party, city/town, state, congressional, president/vice presidential leadership.
The general election for President and Vice President is always held on the first Tuesday in November. The upcoming election in 2008 will be on Tuesday, November 4.
Joseph Biden is the Vice President-elect of the United States.
Then the vice president-elect becomes president.
If you are talking about the vice president of the presidential election of 2008, it is Joe Biden.
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden were the Democratic Party nominees for President and Vice President, respectively, in the November 2008 election.
The Senate would choose the Vice-President, who in turn would act as President until the House reached a decision.
This question was not fully answered by Sarah Palin during her campaign for Vice President in the 2008 Presidential race. The outcome of that election would make the question essentially moot unless or until she runs again for VP in the future. Joe Biden is the Vice President Elect after the 2008 race.
Vice President-elect Joseph Biden will be sworn in prior to President-elect Obama.
The general public does not elect the President and Vice President of the U.S.; they elect the electors of the President and Vice President.