The home, in the Walnut Hills neighbourhood overlooking the city, was unoccupied at the time and Vance and his family were back in Washington, Vance said.
A man who broke windows at US Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home with a hammer and caused other property damage was arrested early on Monday, the US Secret Service said.
The man was detained shortly after midnight by Secret Service agents assigned to Vance's home, east of downtown Cincinnati, agency spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. He has since been identified as William DeFoor, 26.
"I appreciate everyone’s well-wishes about the attack at our home. As far as I can tell, a crazy person tried to break in by hammering the windows. I’m grateful to the Secret Service and the Cincinnati police for responding quickly," Vance said in a post on X.
"We weren’t even home as we had returned already to DC," he added.
"One request to the media: we try to protect our kids as much as possible from the realities of this life of public service. In that light, I am sceptical of the news value of plastering images of our home with holes in the windows."
According to reports, the Secret Service heard a loud noise at the Vance home around midnight and found the suspect who had broken a window with a hammer and was trying to get into the house.
The man had also vandalised a Secret Service vehicle on his way up the home's driveway, one of the officials said.
The Secret Service is coordinating with the Cincinnati Police Department and the US Attorney’s office as charging decisions are reviewed, he said.
Vance was a US senator representing Ohio before becoming vice president. His home in located in the Walnut Hills neighbourhood overlooking the city of Cincinnati.
Walnut Hills is one of its oldest neighbourhoods and is home to historic sites, including the Harriet Beecher Stowe House.