The
Vice President of the United States (
VPOTUS) is the second-highest position in the
executive branch of the
United States, after the
president. The executive power of both the vice president and the president is granted under Article Two, Section One of the Constitution. The vice president is
indirectly elected, together with the president, to a four-year term of office by the people of the United States through the
Electoral College. The vice president is the first person in the
presidential line of succession, and would normally ascend to presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president.