What Happens if...

Well, I found the answer myself, so nevermind.



The "President-Elect" Problem

The 20th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that if the "president-elect" dies, the rules of succession apply, and the vice-president-elect becomes the president-elect. Unfortunately, it's not clear when in the process a winning candidate becomes "president-elect." A winning presidential candidate has never died before being inaugurated, so Congress has never had to define it.

According to historian John Buescher, in 1861 there was "widespread anxiety" that Abraham Lincoln would be assassinated before taking office. But Lincoln survived long enough to avoid any confusion about succession.

The National Archives describes two possibilities: Either the Electoral College confers the designation, in which case the president-elect has died and the vice-president-elect moves up; or Congress confers the designation when it counts the electoral votes, in which case the "winning presidential candidate" has died, and Congress enters uncharted territory.

Research...it's a thing lol but thanks I did not know either :P