Vance to visit US-Mexico border in first trip as vice president

Published March 5, 2025 8:57am ET



Vice President JD Vance will visit the southern border on Wednesday for the first time since taking office.

The visit comes earlier in his first term than it did for his predecessor, former Vice President Kamala Harris, who traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border 4 1/2 months into her term. Former President Joe Biden chose Harris as his border czar, while President Donald Trump chose Tom Homan for border czar, not Vance.

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