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Have there ever been any US (vice) POTUS born through caesarean section and/or conceived in vitro? Those medical methods verbosely and undeniably mean any such baby are NOT "natural born" and thus finding even one example among them would clearly show the whole "natural born citizen" clause to be mere filler text, that makes no sense and thus cannot be enforced. 84.236.41.64 (talk) 00:05, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
The beginning of this article states:
"Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president."
It implies that the natural-born citizen requirement applies to vice president and that is in the Constitution. I don't see the VP requirement in the Constitution, and was wondering where this came from? If correct, can this be cited; and if incorrect removed?
NEVEMIND: I found it in the 12th Amendment, last line. Added citation to article
Like Harris (in 2020) and Jindal and Rubio (in 2016), Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy were born in the United States to non-U.S. citizen parents. Haley and Ramaswamy are seeking their party's nomination, so they may be subject to eligibility "questions" and challenges like Harris, Jindal, and Rubio before them. I, however, have not seen any reliably sourced doubt about their ineligibility. (I found one letter to the editor questioning Haley's eligibility.) As the primaries draw closer, this article may attract more attention from those seeking to push a point of view about these candidates. Weazie (talk) 21:44, 28 November 2023 (UTC)