they become president because there next in line a president has a vice president because if anything happens to the president the vice president knows what to do because he/she has been there the whole time and knows the responsibility of the president
The vice president would become the acting president.
He is sworn in & is acting President until that time.
25th Amendment.
B. Presidential Succession Act.
The 25th amendment to the Constitution did. It was ratified in 1967. It says that if the president is removed the vice president will become the president.
In case the removal of the president from office by his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become president.
Amendment 25 contains this information.
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Constitution
Vice president, Speaker of the House, and so on.
In this case, the lame duck vice-president would become president.
Because then the Speaker would become President.