This could get very messy if either of the candidates die or are long term incapacitated.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...dential-nominee-can-no-longer-run-for-office/
The way the system works means it’s likely, but not automatic, that the vice presidential candidates would step up, but months of legal wrangling could ensue. This is about the most complicated time for a candidate to have to drop out, only a month to go before voting, postal ballots already out there, many states with rules that their electoral college votes have to be cast to the winning name on the ballot paper.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...dential-nominee-can-no-longer-run-for-office/
The way the system works means it’s likely, but not automatic, that the vice presidential candidates would step up, but months of legal wrangling could ensue. This is about the most complicated time for a candidate to have to drop out, only a month to go before voting, postal ballots already out there, many states with rules that their electoral college votes have to be cast to the winning name on the ballot paper.