Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, announced Tuesday that they are expecting another child this summer.

“We are very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. Usha and the baby are doing well and we are all looking forward to welcoming him at the end of July,” the couple announced.

“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 we can serve the country while enjoying a wonderful life with our children,” their statement continued.

The Vances already have three children: Ewan, born in 2017; Vivek, born 2020; and Mirabel, born in 2021.

This will be the first time a US vice president has a child while in office. Nineteenth-century presidents John Tyler and Grover Cleveland had children during their terms, and President John F. Kennedy had a son who died two days after his birth.

Vice President Vance has long pushed for Americans to have more children, characterizing the falling birth rate as a crisis.

She used childlessness as an insult in 2021, mocking then-Vice President Kamala Harris as a “childless cat lady” who is “miserable” with her life and lacks a “personal and direct interest” in the future of the country because she is not a mother, even though Harris is a stepmother to two adult children. The comments resurfaced during his 2024 campaign as President Donald Trump’s running mate.

He has maintained that message while in office. In October, the vice president, 41, told college students at a Turning Point USA event that they should have young children.

Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance take the stage on the final day of the 2024 Republican National Convention.
Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance take the stage on the final day of the 2024 Republican National Convention.

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“While you’re young, have those babies if you can,” he told the crowd at Ole Miss.

At that same event, a hug the vice president shared with Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk raised some eyebrows, forcing Usha Vance, 40, to address rumors about her marriage.

“I think one of the really funny things about this life is that people really like reading tea leaves, and there’s kind of an industry that builds stories about everything they can imagine,” he told USA Today last month.

“I’d rather live in my marriage and the real world, and less in the fever dreams surrounding it. I mean, it’s kind of a family joke, but it’s also not something I spend a lot of time thinking about,” she continued.

Rumors also surfaced after the second lady was spotted without her wedding ring in November. She told USA Today that she wears it “when I wear it and not when I don’t wear it.”