When JD Vance was on the campaign trail before the 2024 election, the future vice president had a signature issue: how to juice America’s birth rate with pronatalist policies. On Tuesday, Vance and his wife, Usha, announced that they are doing their part for the cause, sharing that they’re expecting their fourth child this July.
“We’re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy,” read a post on the second lady’s official X account. “Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July.” The website is owned by Elon Musk, also a booster of the pronatalism cause, who has at least 14 children.
Usha Vance is the first woman to announce a pregnancy while her husband served as vice president. The couple already have three children: eight-year-old Ewan, five-year-old Vivek, and four-year-old Mirabel. Their announcement includes a note of thanks to the staff who help them raise their family: “During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the military doctors who take excellent care of our family and for the staff members who do so much to ensure that we can serve the country while enjoying a wonderful life with our children.”
Usha once worked as a lawyer at a large firm, but she left her job when Vance accepted President Donald Trump’s invitation to become his running mate. In December, she appeared on a podcast hosted by Debbie Kraulidis and Kimberly Fletcher, the Omaha-based founder of conservative organization Moms for America, for a sit-down interview. Together, they discussed Usha’s newfound interest in reading research and the effects of her husband’s job on her family.
“One of the really nice things about this role that we’re in is that our children can do a lot of things with us,” the second lady said. “It’s easier for us to travel with them in certain respects. There’s always transportation on Air Force 2 with JD. There’s always a car kind of waiting for us on the other end. Some of the really hard things about logistics with children kind of disappear.”
Back in October, the vice president raised eyebrows by publicly saying that he hoped his wife, who was raised Hindu, would convert to Christianity. That same day, a viral hug between Vance and Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk caused the internet to speculate feverishly about the state of the Vance marriage. Considering the timeline for a baby born in mid-summer—October is nine months before July—maybe the commenters had nothing to worry about after all.
