Vice President JD Vance is to accompany the body of Charlie Kirk to Arizona aboard Air Force Two following the fatal shooting of the conservative activist at Utah Valley University.
Mr Vance, together with his wife Usha, travelled to Salt Lake City on Thursday to meet members of the Kirk family. They will fly with his widow, Mrs Erika Kirk, her relatives, and close friends to Phoenix, where the 31-year-old lived.
The vice president and second lady had been due to attend a ceremony at Ground Zero in New York marking the 24th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Instead, they withdrew from the commemoration to pay their respects in Utah.
