What happens when the president is unable to serve? TheAmerican Vice Presidentexplores the little-known story of thesecond-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution froma constitutional afterthought to a position of politicalconsequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and1974, when a grief-stricken and then scandal-plagued Americawas forced to define the role of the vice president, the filmexamines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment andoffers a fresh and surprising perspective on the process ofsuccession in the executive branch.
