Vice President does unless he too gets assassinated then the speaker of the house will.
25th Amendment.
Yes! The Vice President, the the Speaker of the House. This is the current line of succession: http://www.patriotstoolbox.org/america/presidentiallineofsuccession.htm
There is a very big difference between president and acting president. The president is the leader full-time and the acting president just steps in when needed.
He is then acting as Head of State of the USA.
The vice-president becomes President if the president can not function.
The vice president would become the acting president.
According to the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, if the President becomes disabled and is unable to perform the duties of the office, the Vice President assumes the role of Acting President. This transition occurs when the President either voluntarily declares their inability to serve or when the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet declare the President incapacitated. The President can resume their duties once they inform Congress that they are able to do so.
Woodrow Wilson had a stroke while president was severely disabled.
Constitution
He is sworn in & is acting President until that time.
PRESIDENT! He is the acting president, so that means his title is PRESIDENT.
The President is still the President if he or she is out of the country - it's only when he or she is INCAPACITATED that the Vice-President becomes (acting) President.
25th Amendment.
The 25th.
The 25th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States prescribes when and how the vice president becomes the Acting President.
The 25th Amendment (ratified in 1967)
The running opponent from the previous election would take the presidency as with the vice president.