Vice President JD Vance has revealed a personal and telling story about former Vice President Kamala Harris — and how she broke a time-honored Washington D.C. tradition in what some see as a deliberate snub.
In a new interview with Independent TV, Vance said Harris refused to allow his young family to tour the official Vice President’s residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory before they moved in this January. For decades, outgoing vice presidents have welcomed incoming families for an early visit — a symbolic gesture of goodwill during the transition of power.
“My wife really wanted to show our three small kids where they’d be living for the next four years,” Vance said. “Instead, we had to settle for old photos and diagrams. That’s as close as they got before moving in.”
The refusal left the Vance family scrambling for a way to prepare their children for the move. A friend from Cincinnati even lent them a book about the residence — but the family never stepped foot inside until after Harris was gone.
A Home with History — and a Trump-Endorsed Upgrade Over the White House
Built more than 150 years ago and surrounded by 30 acres of private property, the Vice President’s mansion is one of Washington’s most exclusive addresses. Vance describes it as “a beautiful, real family home” — and says President Donald Trump frequently jokes that it’s “much nicer than the White House.”
For the Vances, the residence now feels warm and welcoming, despite Harris’s cold send-off. “It feels like a real home for us,” the vice president added. “We’re grateful to be here.”
Why This Story Resonates with Conservatives
Kamala Harris’s refusal to extend even a simple courtesy to an incoming vice president speaks volumes about the political climate in Washington under the Left. For many Americans, it’s another reminder that Democrats talk about “unity” but often choose division — even over something as simple as letting a family walk through their future home.