Washington, Nov. 1 -- US Vice President JD Vance gave Halloween a Harry Potter twist as he dressed up as Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, a central fictional character in JK Rowling's series, widely celebrated as the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, while holding his youngest son, dressed as Dobby the house-elf, one of the most beloved characters in the Harry Potter franchise, a fiercely loyal and brave house-elf who transitions from an abused servant to a proud, free elf, in a festive family photograph shared on social media.

Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, shared the Harry Potter-themed Halloween photograph on X, showing the family posing on a porch decorated with pumpkins, gourds ...