Bill Clinton could be Hillary's Vice President and running mate

a reply to: Xeven
That "ten-year" reference is interesting, but only half the story. It considers the case of number of elected terms as President for a person who is VP then takes on the office of President by succession rather than being elected to it, and then runs for election to the office. And in that scenario, the ten-year limit applies, just as laid down in the 22nd amendment:

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

From Archives.gov Constitution and Amendments.

However, the situation may be different in the case you have outlined in your OP because the timing is reversed. If a person has already served two terms as President it does not seem they are precluded from being elected (or appointed) to the office of VP at some future date.

So, consider this scenario: the classic "first Tuesday after the first Monday in November" comes around and the H. Clinton / W. Clinton ticket wins. Or any other ticket where the running mate is a former two-term President.

What happens if the President dies (or becomes incapable of serving) at any time after taking the Oath? The VP succeeds to the office of President, takes the Oath, and serves out the term. The 25th amendment confirms this:

Section 1.
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

(Source as above.)

In that case, the total time served as President by the former two-term President (and former VP) could be more than ten years.

Here's even more food for thought: what happens if the President-elect dies before taking the Oath of Office, or is otherwise unable to take it? (Whether due to illness, or being a missing person or whatever.) It seems that the VP-elect would "act" as President and hence take the Oath, and thus be able to serve three full Presidential terms. ie, 12 years.

Further, apparently the US Constitution does not define term limits for Vice Presidents. This means that in theory and especially because a Vice President does not even need to be elected, a VP could be sworn in as President several times without ever being elected President by "the people". (Well okay, by the College of Electors, but you know what I mean!) True, it's highly unlikely that it would happen but if it did, it looks like it would be lawful!

I don't see anything in the Constitution or its amendments to preclude these scenarios. And seeing as it's actually the core subject of this thread (rather than the off-topic comments about the sex lives of political candidates or office holders ), I'd like to know if anyone can throw more light on it.