While political odds are available year-round, you can only find VP candidate odds once the primary field has narrowed considerably.

Local brick-and-mortar sportsbooks and domestic online betting sites don’t offer political betting lines. In most cases, there are no state laws against the practice, but it’s effectively a tradition that US sportsbooks refrain from offering odds on VP candidates and other election and political fare. This could change in the future, but for now, if you want to wager on politics, you can only do so at reputable offshore betting sites.

Yes! If you use a respected, legitimate offshore sportsbook to place your bets, you are breaking no federal laws in doing so. Millions of Americans wager on politics each election cycle, and it’s a pastime that is only growing in popularity. At the state level, only WA bars online gambling (including election betting), but residents are accepted at offshore betting sites, and nobody from Washington has ever been fined or arrested for betting real money online. Still, please follow all local laws when considering signing up at any online sportsbook.

The VP pick is always a tactical move designed to boost a ticket by installing a running mate that picks up the slack in states where the main candidate performs poorly. As a result, Presidential candidates usually wait until all or most state primaries are over before announcing their VP choice. In primary races where one candidate is a clear favorite, the underdog may announce their VP pick sooner in the cycle. Typically, though, these announcements are made towards the end of the primary circuit.

No. However, the President can ask for the VP to resign or otherwise isolate him or her if they are considered a liability.

Yes and no. While the 22nd Amendment states that no one can be elected to the office of the President more than twice, a VP isn’t a President. Meanwhile, the 12th Amendment says that “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President in the United States.” Effectively, this means that a former two-term President cannot be a VP, but a former single-term POTUS could be.

There was much speculation that Hillary Clinton would accept a Vice Presidential position at the behest of an establishment candidate in 2020. The issue was raised in earnest when she said she’d consider running alongside Mike Bloomberg, but after Mini Mike dropped out, it seems less likely that front runner Biden and his camp would take a risk on her. Trump beat Clinton convincingly in 2016, after all, and she might be an anchor rather than an asset to the Biden campaign. Still, sportsbooks were accepting wagers on a Hillary VP selection.

The Vice President duties are often overlooked, with his or her most important task being that of tie-breaker in the Senate for any legislation that results in a deadlock. The VP also technically presides over all Senate deliberations. However, these Vice President jobs are mostly ceremonial. In practice, most VPs are saddled with leading various policy task forces as delegated by the President, and they also campaign for their running mates in various states during election cycles.

As with Presidential candidates, a VP must be at least 35 years old at the time of his running mate’s inauguration in order to be eligible for the post.

How much money does the Vice President make? Quite a lot, it turns out. In 2020, the VP’s salary is pegged at $235,100 per year. That’s a little more than half of the President’s $400,000 salary.

The President lives in the White House, but where is the Vice President residence? Most folks think that the VP also occupies the White House, but these are running mates, not roommates. The VP officially resides at 1 Observatory Circle, which is located on the northeast grounds of the US Naval Observatory in Washington DC. At 2.5 miles, this is about 15 minutes away from the White House.

If the President is incapacitated, dies in office, or is removed from office, the VP becomes the POTUS. However, if the VP is similarly unable to finish out the term, the official Presidential succession plan pegs the Speaker of the US House of Representatives as the next Commander in Chief.