WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Kamala Harris can’t beat the work commute.
She’s living temporarily at Blair House, the president’s official guest residence on Pennsylvania Avenue across from the White House, while some repair work is done at the official vice presidential home a few miles away on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Asked what her first job would be, as she strolled the Inauguration Day parade route with her husband, Doug Emhoff, Harris told a reporter, “Walking to work.”
Harris moved into Blair House the day after the Jan. 20 inauguration, said spokesperson Symone Sanders.
Vice presidents have lived in a white, 19th century Victorian house on the grounds of the Naval Observatory since the late 1970s, starting with Walter Mondale. But the home needs a touch-up, and officials said it’s best for the work to be done while the house is unoccupied. Mike Pence, Harris’ predecessor, cleared out at the end of the Trump administration earlier this month.