Civics question 39 of 128 65/20 set
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
Who holds the office now
- JD Vance
- Vance
USCIS accepts any of these. Source: the USCIS test updates page, last reviewed by USCIS on September 18, 2025. This site checks every night that the office has not changed hands; check that page yourself before your interview.
What the USCIS question list itself says
- Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Vice President of the United States.
This answer changes. USCIS does not print a name in its own question list; it publishes the current officeholder on a separate page so the answer is never stale. Check the official test updates page shortly before your interview, and answer with whoever holds the office on the day.
Source: official USCIS question list for the 2025 version of the civics test. This site is independent and not affiliated with USCIS.
Background
USCIS names the current vice president on its test updates page rather than in the printed question list, since the office changes with each administration, and this page repeats that name in the box above while a nightly check confirms it. The office itself is worth knowing well. The vice president stands first in the line of presidential succession and takes over if the president dies, resigns, or is removed, which has happened nine times. The vice president also serves as president of the Senate and may cast a vote there only to break a tie. Beyond those two duties the Constitution assigns nothing, so the weight of the job depends on what each administration delegates. Since the Twelfth Amendment, the two offices are won together on one ticket rather than by finishing first and second in the same contest.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice to explain the civics fact. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and the official answer above is the one to give at the interview.
Where this question sits
It is part of System of Government, inside the American Government section of the test. It is also one of the 20 questions in the 65/20 set, so it is worth knowing well.