This is almost future history. Obama was surveying the wreckage of Sandy from Marine 1. Supposed it had crashed? Biden would become the president, but how would it affect the ticket and the electoral college? I know that Greeley died after the election, but did any candidate die before the election?
If they were not already ahead, I suppose that the democratic ticket would win on a sympathy vote. What about the vice president? I suppose that Biden would appoint Hilary. Do both houses have to confirm or just the senate. What would happen if a republican house refused to confirm her?