The 22nd Amendment says, "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice," and it also says vice presidents who eventually become president can be elected to two terms if they have served less than two years of their predecessors' terms, according to the Congressional Research Service.

In January, Mike Johnson faces another vote to stay in the job that places him second in line for the presidency after Vice President-elect JD Vance.

President-elect Trump floated the prospect of seeking a third term in an apparent joke to House Republicans on Wednesday as they met ahead of internal leadership elections. “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you do something,