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Vice President JD Vance and Donald Trump Jr. will attend events in the coming months for Turning Point USA, the extremely influential conservative youth organization co-founded by their close friend, the late Charlie Kirk.
The news, first reported by Axios, was confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning by a source close to both the vice president and Trump Jr., who is the eldest son of President Donald Trump.
Kirk, the co-founder of the politically potent conservative youth organization, close ally and outside advisor to the president and vice president, and media star, was shot and killed earlier this month while speaking at a college campus event at Utah Valley University.
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., September 21, 2025. (Daniel Cole/REUTERS)
The source close to both Vance and Trump Jr. said that they “were so personally close to Charlie that they are determined to do right by him and continue to work closely with Turning Point.”
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Vance accompanied Kirk’s widow Erika on Air Force two to transport Charlie Kirk’s body from Utah back to their hometown of Phoenix, Arizona.
And a few days later, the vice president guest-hosted Kirk’s highly popular podcast.
File photo of Vice President JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., Republican strategist Andy Surabian, and Turning Point USA co-founder and conservative leader Charlie Kirk. (JD Vance social media post)
Both Vance and Trump Jr., as well as the president, also spoke at Kirk’s memorial service in Arizona.
“I would expect to see both of them turn up at TPUSA events over the next several months and long after that,” the source said of Vance and Trump Jr. “They understand that Turning Point is now…
