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Vice President JD Vance will visit Salt Lake City to honor Charlie Kirk Thursday.

Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University Wednesday; Vance shared a heartfelt tribute online.

President Donald Trump plans to award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.

SALT LAKE CITY — Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance will visit Salt Lake City Thursday to pay respects to Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed at Utah Valley University a day earlier, according to a person familiar with the vice president's plans.

In a long post on social media, the vice president described a yearslong friendship with Kirk that began in 2017 and said he first began receiving text messages from people saying they were praying for Kirk afte

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