Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Friday that Vice President JD Vance is leasing part of Wolver Hill Farm near Middleburg, Virginia, to serve as an additional home for his family.
- CBS News confirmed that the U.S. Secret Service has been providing security measures to accommodate the property, which will require rural retrofitting to protect the vice president and his family.
- Officials and people familiar with the decision say the Middleburg lease will supplement, not replace, the official vice presidential residence at Number One Observatory Circle in Washington.
- Vance’s personal attorney, Chris Ashby, told reporters that the vice president intends to pay fair market rent for the property, a point offered to address questions about private benefit and public resources.
- The move comes as Second Lady Usha Vance prepares to give birth later this month, and reporting notes the property is owned by a firm linked to Charles Kuhn and that Middleburg has long been used as a private retreat by national leaders.