If you are going to run for president, you need some sort of residual income to make up for the shortfall of not having a job. Because not only do you not nece

If you are going to run for president, you need some sort of residual income to make up for the shortfall of not having a job. Because not only do you not necessarily have a job, your family may not have health insurance either. The fact that you're running for president doesn't legally prevent you from selling and profiting off a book you wrote. (Nor should it really). I found this article in 2012 about Barack Obama. He got a $1.9 million advance for "The Audacity of Hope." https://www.yahoo.com/news/how-barack-obama-made-his-fortune.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/how-barack-obama-made-his-fortune...