When JD Vance, his spouse Usha and their three younger youngsters transfer into the Naval Observatory residence on Jan. 20, it will likely be their first time contained in the white Queen Anne-style mansion that has been house to vice presidents for the reason that Seventies.
Vice President Kamala Harris has not prolonged an invite for a proper sit-down or tour, a number of Democratic and Republican sources advised CBS News.
In November, Usha Vance, by way of intermediaries, reached out to workers for the house’s present occupants, Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, searching for particulars together with what they would wish to childproof it. Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel Vance are all below the age of eight.
The questions had been initially rebuffed by a Harris political appointee. But there has since been communication between the Vance group and Navy aides who oversee the residence.
Before Christmas, Navy officers supplied an outline of the home to debate the structure of the residence, logistics and practicalities of the move-in, and to assist reply any questions the Vances had, an individual accustomed to the decision stated.
Usha Vance spoke with Emhoff for about 40 minutes final week, sources stated. Harris sources stated that preparations are underway to accommodate the Vance youngsters.
Spokespeople for Vance and Harris declined to remark.
But individuals near Harris say she was by no means afforded a chance to go to the house earlier than she was sworn in in 2021. However, she took workplace in the course of the COVID outbreak, simply after the Capitol riot — and Donald Trump had refused to confess he had been defeated within the election.
Advisers to then-Vice President Mike Pence dispute that an invite was by no means provided. They say he quietly gave Harris and Emhoff an opportunity to go to within the waning days of the Trump administration. The invitation got here discreetly as a result of Trump resisted accommodating the incoming administration.
No formal sit-down between Pence and Harris ever befell, Democratic and Republican sources stated.
People near Harris defended her resolution to not invite Vance to go to, a practice that was damaged in the course of the Trump-Pence administration. Harris’ group has been centered on an abroad journey that was canceled and on the California wildfires.
In 2016, then-Vice President Biden and his spouse Jill hosted the Pences on the Northwest Washington residence not lengthy after the election.
“We’re simply very grateful for the hospitality right now of the vp and second woman,” Pence stated on the time.
Harris didn’t transfer into the Naval Observatory residence till April 2021, about three months after being sworn in, as a result of the home was in want of repairs.
