Vice President of the United States

Vice President of the United States of America
Vice Presidential seal
Vice Presidential flag
Incumbent RickVicario since November 14, 2022
United States Senate Executive branch of the U.S. government Office of the Vice President
Style	Mr. Vice President (informal) The Honorable (formal) Mr. President (within the Senate) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Status	Second highest executive branch officer President of the Senate
Abbreviation	VPOTUS
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	General election, or, if vacant, President via congressional confirmation
Term length	Four months, no term limit
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the United States
Formation	November 26, 2012 (10 years ago)
First holder	Isner
Succession	First

The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over Senate deliberations at any time, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president is indirectly elected together with the president to a four-month term of office by the people of the United States.

The current Vice President of the United States is RickVicario, who was appointed on November 13, 2023, and was confirmed by the Senate and officially sworn in on November 14th 2023.