Section 3 of the 20th Amendment states that the Vice President elect will become President if the President elect dies or becomes incapacitated. If a winning Presidential candidate dies or becomes incapacitated between the counting of electoral votes in Congress and the inauguration, the Vice President elect will become President, according to Section 3 of the 20th Amendment. read more
The 20th Amendment, Section 3, provides that if the president-elect dies before his term begins, the vice president-elect becomes president on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the president-elect was elected. read more