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JD Vance speaks out after home attacked by hammer-wielding suspect

According to an arrest report, DeFoor was seen by a U.S. Secret Service agent walking onto Vance’s property and ‘damaging four of the victim’s residential windows and the victim’s vehicle’
According to an arrest report, DeFoor was seen by a U.S. Secret Service agent walking onto Vance’s property and ‘damaging four of the victim’s residential windows and the victim’s vehicle’ (Hamilton County Justice Center/Getty)
  • Vice President JD Vance has issued a statement after the windows of his Ohio home were broken in an early morning vandalism attack.
  • The suspect, William DeFoor, was arrested early Monday after allegedly shattering several windows and damaging a car at Vance’s Cincinnati home.
  • “I appreciate everyone's well wishes about the attack at our home. As far as I can tell, a crazy person tried to break in by hammering the windows. I'm grateful to the secret service and the Cincinnati police for responding quickly,” Vance wrote.
  • “We weren't even home as we had returned already to DC. One request to the media: we try to protect our kids as much as possible from the realities of this life of public service,” he continued, “In that light, I am skeptical of the news value of plastering images of our home with holes in the windows.”
  • Authorities are investigating whether the suspect was targeting Vance or his family, a federal law enforcement source told CNN.
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