
First step: become vice president. Second step: poultryman.
JD Vance is a man of many interests. When he’s not supporting the POTUS, you can now find him tending to chickens. I kid you not.
A custom, American-made chicken coop has been installed at the historic Naval Observatory, the official residence of Vice President JD Vance.
To respect the heritage of the site, the coop was designed to match the architectural elements of the historic facility, a spokesperson for the vice president told Fox News Digital.
A source familiar with the project noted the coop was built at no cost to American taxpayers.
Those are going to be some bougie chickens in their Naval Observatory-themed coop.
Vice President JD Vance put up a chicken coup outside the VP’s residence. A spokesperson tells me he will tend to the chickens. His kids already named the chicks. The coop was made by Carolina Coops, an American-owned small business which has been in business for 18 years. The… pic.twitter.com/luuzDb3i0O
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Vance will personally take care of the chickens at the residence, and his children have already named the newly arrived chicks, the spokesperson said.
They added the addition is especially fitting, as the vice president has previously joked about the large number of eggs his children eat for breakfast.
I mean, egg prices have been high. Gotta do what you gotta do.
But in all seriousness, this is cool. I hope the Vance family gets enjoyment out of caring for the birds and that the next VP continues the tradition. And since Vance has entered his crunchy era, the next thing on his agenda should be getting a good sourdough starter going…and eliminating chem trails. Just saying.