South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford plans to spend the Fourth of July weekend with his family in Florida, a spokesman told FOXNews.com, following a report that Sanford’s wife has taken refuge at her parents’ home near Palm Beach.
The Palm Beach Post reported that Jenny Sanford is staying at a home owned by her parents in Hobe Sound, on the state’s southeastern coast, in the wake of Sanford’s public admission of his affair with a woman in Argentina.
While not specifically addressing the newspaper report, Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer wrote in an e-mail to FOXNews.com that the governor will leave for Florida Friday morning to meet up with his family for the holiday. That would be followed by a longer family vacation later in the month.






