Vice President-elect JD Vance is expected to travel Friday to Fairview, North Carolina, to survey Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, a source familiar with the trip told NBC News.
Vance is scheduled to meet with first responders and visit a home renovation project, this person added. He also will meet with the family of Tony Ray Garrison, a fire battalion chief who died while rescuing victims of a Helene-related mudslide in late September.
Outside of meetings and events surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s transition efforts, the North Carolina visit will be Vance’s first trip since last month’s election.
Vance surveyed Helene damage during an October campaign trip, touring storm-battered Damascus, Virginia. Appearing that day with Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a fellow Republican, Vance spoke about the importance of federal assistance to recovery efforts there and “especially North Carolina.” Vance also pledged to “do what we can to help this community and communities all across Appalachia rebuild.”
