A source familiar told The Hill that Vance and second lady Usha Vance will meet with Kirk’s family and close friends in Salt Lake City before the trip.

The casket, along with Kirk’s family and friends, will then be flown to Phoenix aboard Air Force Two, the source said. Turning Point USA, which Kirk co-founded, is headquartered in Phoenix.

Kirk, a leading voice in the MAGA movement, was shot in the neck Wednesday at Utah Valley University while speaking to a large crowd during an event billed as “The American Comeback Tour.”

The Vances were originally slated to visit New York City to attend the 24th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks but traveled to Utah instead. But those plans were canceled, and they instead flew to Utah to be with Kirk’s family.

Vance wrote a candid and emotional post on social platform X Wednesday night about his relationship with Kirk, starting when the Turning Point USA co-founder reached out to him in 2017 after an appearance on Fox News. The vice president said he was one of the first people he called about running for his Ohio Senate seat in 2021 and said Kirk advocated for him to be Trump’s running mate.

“Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him,” Vance said. “I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years.”

President Trump earlier Thursday announced he would posthumously award Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.