Mega Thread The Questions Thread - Part III

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What would happen between now and mid-January 2025 if a clearly infirm President Joe Biden dies before Donald Trump is inaugurated? Obviously when a President dies in office the Vice President is sworn in (JFK - LBJ in 1963) so VP Kamala Harris would in theory have to take the oath of office, but would she become the 47th President and have a tenure of just weeks in a caretaker role before handing over to Trump (who would then become the 48th President) and Harris becoming America's answer to recent UK Prime Minister Liz Truss? Or given the circumstances would Trump's inauguration be brought forward?

And I respectfully ask please no political rants on either side, I'm just curious about how such an extraordinary situation would play out, I don't want to set off a debate lasting 11 pages.
 
What would happen between now and mid-January 2025 if a clearly infirm President Joe Biden dies before Donald Trump is inaugurated? Obviously when a President dies in office the Vice President is sworn in (JFK - LBJ in 1963) so VP Kamala Harris would in theory have to take the oath of office, but would she become the 47th President and have a tenure of just weeks in a caretaker role before handing over to Trump (who would then become the 48th President) and Harris becoming America's answer to recent UK Prime Minister Liz Truss? Or given the circumstances would Trump's inauguration be brought forward?

And I respectfully ask please no political rants on either side, I'm just curious about how such an extraordinary situation would play out, I don't want to set off a debate lasting 11 pages.
According to the 20th amendment, Harris would be President. The terms of both President and Vice President do not end until 20 January.
 

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