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The vice-president must be qualified to be President. According to the twelfth amendment of the Constitution, "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

In order to be President, a person must be a natural-born citizen at least 35 years of age and a resident of the united states for at least 14 years.

There are no differences in the legal requirements- the VP must be legally fit to be President. Of course, the more electable candidate is the one put up for president.

They are the same because if the President dies in office, the Vice-president becomes President. If the Vice-president did not meet the same qualifications as President, he or she would not be able to succeed the deceased president the way the Constitution mandates.

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