JD Vance to stay with David Lammy as he holidays in Britain

Vice president JD Vance (Lauren Leigh Bacho/AP) Lauren Leigh Bacho

US Vice President JD Vance is to stay at Foreign Secretary David Lammy's grace and favour country house when he visits Britain for a summer holiday this week, reports suggest.

Vance and his family will begin their summer break this Friday with a stay at Chevening, the Foreign Secretary's Grade I-listed mansion in Kent, according to the Telegraph.

The pair have reportedly developed a warm friendship, bonding over their difficult childhoods and shared Christian faith.

Lammy is reported to have attended mass at the vice president’s Washington residence during a visit in March, and now plans to repay the favour with the stay at his country home.

The two are expected to hold a bilateral meeting before being joined by their families at Chevening.

“Lammy has visited Vance’s family and the relationship looks like it will continue to grow on a personal as well as a professional basis,” a source told the Telegraph.

The Vice President and his family are also expected to visit Hampton Court Palace during their trip to the UK, the mainstay of which will be spent in the Cotswolds.

Vance's British holiday comes just weeks after Donald Trump travelled to Scotland on a private visit to his golf courses.

There he also met with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to agree a trade deal with the bloc and with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Trump will return to the UK for a full state visit in September.

Lammy's burgeoning relationship with Vance represents a significant political change of heart, as he was once an outspoken critic of Trump.

The Foreign Secretary previously described the US President as a "racist and KKK/neo-Nazi sympathiser" when Labour was in opposition. Since coming to power, however, Lammy has brushed off his remarks as "old news".

Asked about Vance's visit to the UK, a Foreign Office spokesman said: "Ministerial engagements will be announced in the usual way."

(PA/London) Note: This article has been edited with the help of Artificial Intelligence.