# Office of the vice presidency **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 17, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747 "2000-08-17T17:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mojopitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mojopitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojopitch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/1 "2000-08-17T17:16:38Z")
Someone just told me that Joe Liberman was not born an American Citizen and therefore could not be elected President. I could find the requirements for the office of President(Age, citizenship, etc.), but I cannot find them for the office of vice president. Are they the same? Can someone who was not born a U.S. citizen be elected as the Vice Prez. and become the “Grand Puba” if the prez. should die in office? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/2 "2000-08-17T17:23:12Z")
I didn’t know Stamford, CT wasn’t in the United States. That’s where Lieberman was born. The VP and President jobs have identical qualifications. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/3 "2000-08-17T17:25:52Z")
The vice president must be qualified to become president. [quote] But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. – _12th Amendment_ Which brings up the question (note: it does not beg the question): Where did your friend get his information? Do you really think that no one noticed during the selection process that Lieberman was ineligible? And that the Republicans wouldn’t gleefully announce that fact the day after the annoucement? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/4 "2000-08-17T17:35:01Z")
Lieberman’s WIFE was not born in the United States. I think your someone wasn’t listening very closely or else the smear campaign is starting. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/5 "2000-08-17T18:25:51Z")
And just to clarify, the qualifications for president exist down the line of succession. So when Nixon used the Berlin telephone book to pick his cabinet and staff, Kissinger was not in the line of succession after he officially took the position of Secretary of State. Similarly, Madeline Albright is not in line of succession. ---
**Author:** ![TampaFlyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@TampaFlyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TampaFlyer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/6 "2000-08-18T20:16:59Z")
\> Similarly, Madeline Albright is not in line of succession. I’ll sleep a little better knowing that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/7 "2000-08-18T20:45:29Z")
Lieberman’s wife is also a lesbian Wiccan … oh, no wait, that’s Hilary. Sua ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/8 "2000-08-21T21:15:47Z")
Hey Mojo! You probably already know this, but do you know what Hadassah Lieberman’s hometown is? That’s right. Gardner, Massachusetts. I went and saw her a few weeks ago in front of the Elm St. School. Tipper was there, too, but I didn’t see her. Later, Stephen ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/9 "2000-08-23T04:27:30Z")
Wasn’t John McCain born in the Panama Canal Zone? So I’m guessing that U.S.-held lands must count towards the birth requirement. I don’t know exactly what does–embassies, military bases, territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, etc.) though. ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-of-the-vice-presidency/29747/10 "2000-08-23T04:40:53Z")
Whoa **Sua**! Were we just reading the same [The New American](http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1996/vo12no09/vo12no09_insider.htm) article? 😉