The President of the United States serves as the Commander in Chief of the nation’s armed forces. While not in the chain of command, the Vice President is next in line to take command. Although these ...

He did that for George H.W. Bush, his successor and vice president of eight years. Bush did the same for Bill Clinton, who ...

Reagan started the tradition in 1989 when he left a letter for his successor, his own Vice President George H.W. Bush. Since Bush, each handover has been from a member of one party to the other.

This time, he light-heartedly slaps Dan Quayle, the former vice president who served during former president George H.W. Bush, SR.'s tenure as the 41st President of the United States, with the ...

Ronald Reagan probably didn't realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left ...

Vice President George H.W. Bush answers a phone call in the vice president’s residence circa 1983. Getty Images Residents including the Mondales, the Gores and the Bushes have expressed what a ...

JD Vance has billed himself as a champion of the working class. Some have called the vice president-elect “Trumpier than ...

Alex Wong/Getty Images President Ronald Reagan started the ritual in 1989, according to the Washington Post, when he left a note for his former running mate, President George H.W. Bush.

Chip Somodevilla//Getty Images Former presidents, vice presidents, first ladies and then President Donald Trump attend the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush, December 5 ...

George W. Bush. Nixon had just lost the 1960 election by fewer than 120,000 votes in what was the closest presidential contest in 44 years. But the departing vice president approached Kennedy with ...