Yes. If the vice presidency becomes vacant. both houses of Congress must approve the nominee of the President before it cam be filled.
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No- Congress has nothing to do with nominating the vice-president although the individual congressmen , as party members, often serve as delegates to the convention that does the nomination if the presidential candidates does not pick his own nominee. In recent years, the presidential candidate has named his running mate and the convention has rubber stamped his choice.
Amendment 25 gives a process for filling a vacancy in the office of vice president.What happens is that the new President names someone to fill the position and if both houses of Congress approve, he becomes vice president.
The U.S. Constitution, Amendment XXV, Section 2 states, "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress."
The person who replaces the president after he dies is the Vice President.
One of the few constitutional duties of the Vice-President is to serve as President of the US Senate.