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10 Surprising Facts About U.S. Vice Presidents #history #documentary #vicepresident

From a Kentucky bartender to three Nobel laureates, here are ten things you might not know about the individuals who have held the nation’s second highest office.

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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.

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