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No, Elon Musk can't run for U.S. Vice President

It's straight up not legal.
By Amanda Yeo  on 
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Credit: Ludovic Marin / POOL / AFP via Getty Images

This week, Florida governor Ron DeSantis will launch his U.S. presidential campaign via an interview with Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces. Seeing these words in the same sentence has some people playing sloppy word association, wondering if Musk might run for the position of vice president alongside DeSantis. Short answer: He can't.

Musk is legally barred from becoming the U.S. president. Under Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution(opens in a new tab), "No Person except a natural born Citizen … shall be eligible to the Office of President." Elon Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa.(opens in a new tab) This also bars Musk from becoming vice president, as the role would require him to step into the position of president in the event the elected president died or resigned.

As such, there's currently no danger of Musk becoming the Vice President of the United States. Facts have never stopped rampant, unfounded social media speculation, though.

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Amanda Yeo
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Amanda Yeo is Mashable's Australian reporter, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. This includes everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets.


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