Vice President JD Vance is spending time this summer embracing a lesser-known title he also holds, the finance chair of the Republican Party.
Mr. Vance, in an unorthodox arrangement, is serving in the Republican National Committee’s senior-most fund-raising role. And he has quickened his pace of finance engagements in recent weeks, including a previously unreported round table to be held in San Diego on Monday, according to two people with knowledge of the event.
That round table will occur on the same trip as a dinner in San Diego at which Mr. Vance is to receive an award from the conservative Claremont Institute. The right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will serve as the emcee for that event, where tickets are going for a minimum of $2,500-a-seat.
Mr. Vance is also set to headline a fund-raising reception in the summer hot spots of Nantucket, Mass., on July 22, and Jackson Hole, Wyo., on July 29, according to copies of the invitations. And he is expected to headline several other fund-raising events in July and August.
The Wyoming event will be at least the seventh finance event that Mr. Vance has attended since mid-June. Others have included appearances in Silicon Valley at the home of the investor Chamath Palihapitiya, along with Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, Alexandr Wang, the co-founder of Scale AI, and Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of the autonomous defense systems company Anduril, according to a person briefed on the event. Mr. Vance also appeared in Atlanta, in Nashville and at the Republican National Committee’s summer retreat in Los Angeles, according to copies of the invitations.
Several of these dinners have advertised ticket prices of $100,000 per couple to attend or $250,000 per couple to join the host committee.
Mr. Vance is doing all of this as he remains a likely 2028 presidential candidate. His finance role allows him to mingle with prospective donors under the auspices of the Republican National Committee.
The committee is not wanting for cash. As of May 31, it held a commanding $60 million advantage in cash on hand over the Democratic National Committee.
Theodore Schleifer is a Times reporter covering billionaires and their impact on the world.
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