Protesters to welcome JD Vance to Scotland
Police Scotland have prepared a "significant policing operation' to secure a luxury estate in Ayrshire that he is reportedly set to stay at.
READ MORE: JD Vance panned for 'lies about Scotland' ahead of luxury Ayrshire holiday
Activists from Mothers Against Genocide and Stop Trump UK have issued call-outs on social media for protesters to gather at 5.50pm for a 6pm start outside of the estate Vance is staying at.
"We are calling on everyone to look out their pots and pans to join us and Stop Trump UK to make noise for Gaza who are being deliberately starved and shot at aid distribution sites," the posts reads.
The groups added: "America could stop this horror today. Instead, JD Vance is holiday-ing in Kilmarnock, where he is hunting and fishing while he is complicit in starving an entire population.
"Come down to the Carnell Estate and join us to make as much noise as possible for the people of Gaza."
It is unclear whether the motorcade carrying Vance will pass the protest given the number of entrances to the estate.
Vehicles stopping outside of the estate are likely to be moved on.
How long is JD Vance expected to be in Scotland?
The US vice president is expected to stay in the Ayrshire estate for five days.
The Carnell Estates previously hosted Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their family while filming for World War Z took place in Glasgow in 2011.
Owned by Michael Findlay, the Carnell Estates have been in the same family's hands since the 1300s and are run by Findlay and his partner Adrienne Eastwood.
The estates feature a private manor house, a 14th-century tower and gardens, set within more than 2000 acres of parkland.
It is located just 15 minutes from Prestwick Airport.
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