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Q:How can Panamanian-born McCain be elected president?

A:Though born abroad, he is considered a natural-born U.S. citizen.

FULL QUESTION:

I understand John McCain was born in Panama. Doesn’t that make him ineligible to be president? I thought the Constitution said you had to have been born in a state.

FULL ANSWER:

John McCain’s father was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who was stationed in Panama in 1936, when McCain was born. This has led to speculation as to whether McCain is a U.S. citizen and whether he can be elected president, a question that was raised during McCain’s run for the Republican nomination in 2000 as well.

Section 1, Article II of the U.S. Constitution states:

Article II: “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

But McCain is a natural-born citizen, even though he was not born within this country’s borders, since his parents were citizens at the time of his birth. As a congressional act stated in 1790:

Congress:

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John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

For other uses, see John McCain (disambiguation).

John McCain
Official portrait, 2009
In office January 3, 1987 – August 25, 2018
Preceded by	Barry Goldwater
Succeeded by	Jon Kyl
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by	John Jacob Rhodes
Succeeded by	John Jacob Rhodes III
Senatorial positions In office January 3, 2015 – August 25, 2018[a] Preceded by Carl Levin Succeeded by Jim Inhofe In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 Preceded by Ben Nighthorse Campbell Succeeded by Byron Dorgan In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 Preceded by Daniel Inouye Succeeded by Ben Nighthorse Campbell In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 Preceded by Fritz Hollings Succeeded by Ted Stevens In office January 20, 2001 – June 3, 2001 Preceded by Fritz Hollings Succeeded by Fritz Hollings In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 Preceded by Larry Pressler Succeeded by Fritz Hollings
Born	John Sidney McCain III (1936-08-29)August 29, 1936 Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone