The second-youngest U. S. Vice President ever was Richard Nixon. He was 40 years and eleven days of age when he took office in 1953.
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John C. Breckinridge, the 14th U. S. Vice President (1857-1861), was 36 when he was sworn in (he was 35 when elected). He was the only U. S. Vice President to date under the age of 40. The second-youngest Vice President, Richard Nixon, was sworn in 11 days after his 40th birthday in January, 1953.
14th Vice President John C. Breckinridge (36)
John Adams was the second president and Thomas Jefferson was the second vice president.
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Both the youngest U.S. Vice President, John C. Breckinridge, and the oldest, Alben W. Barkley, were from Kentucky.
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John C. Breckenridge was 36 when he was sworn in in March 1857. He was the youngest U. S. Vice President to date and the only U. S. Vice President under the age of 40. The second-youngest U. S. Vice President, Richard M. Nixon, turned 40 eleven days before he was sworn in in January 1953.
Technically John F. Kennedy was elected the youngest but the youngest president in office was Roosevelt. (Roosevelt was elected Vice President in 1900 and became President when President William McKinley was assassinated.)
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Abdul Karim Khalili is the Second Vice President of Afghanistan.