Six vice presidents talk about job once considered invisible

New documentary interviews all six living vice presidents and four presidents. For much of American history, the job was considered a joke.

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December 4, 2020 - 3:05 PM

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney listens to corporate executives, economists and academics as he attends a panel discussion during the two-day White House Conference on the Economy at the Ronald Reagan Center December 15, 2004 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS)

NEW YORK (AP) — After interviewing Dan Quayle in Arizona for his documentary on the vice presidency, filmmaker Jeffrey Roth was rushing to the airport to catch a flight to Wyoming, where he had an appointment with Dick Cheney the next morning.

He had little time to spare. Suddenly, traffic halted for a motorcade to pass. It was Vice President Mike Pence and his entourage.

Roth appreciates the irony. At least, he can now. He made his flight, “President in Waiting” is finished and set to debut on CNN Saturday at 8 p.m.

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