VP takes eighth vacation in seven months

by Lindsey Granger, opinion contributor - 08/20/25 2:24 PM ET

Vice President JD Vance has been in office since January, and already he’s racked up more vacation days than most Americans could dream of in a decade ...

His latest trip? A summer holiday in the Cotswolds, the region of England nicknamed “the Hamptons of the UK.” Vance rented a sprawling manor that goes for about $10,000 a week ...

Italy, India, Nantucket, Disneyland, Vermont, Greenland — wherever you can name, he’s been. Some of those vacations he even labeled as “official business,” meaning taxpayers footed the bill. Like in March, when he flew with the second lady to Greenland during the height of Trump’s fixation with the territory. The trip was so poorly received by Greenland’s government that it was cut it short from a multi-day trip to a three hours’ trip ...

Then there’s Disneyland, which he shut down for his family. Then there’s a $2,500 Michelin-starred dinner in San Diego. And who could forget his birthday kayak trip, when the military literally raised the level of an Ohio river just to smooth out his paddling conditions. That’s not just elite — that’s emperor-level ...

https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/5462066-jd-vance-vacation-days-criticism/

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