Second Lady Usha Vance Announces Pregnancy With Her Fourth Child

Second Lady Usha Vance’s office announced Tuesday that she is pregnant with her fourth child.

“Usha and the baby boy are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July,” a statement posted to social media said.

“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,” the statement added.

The Vances’ fourth child will join their three children: 8-year-old Ewan, 5-year-old Vivek and 3-year-old Mirabel.

A child has not been born to either the president or vice president since the birth of former President Grover Cleveland’s daughter Esther in 1893. That was the second White House birth in history, following the birth of former President Thomas Jefferson’s granddaughter in 1806.

JD Vance has spoken often about his belief that Americans should be having more children. The third-youngest vice president, he has publicly aligned himself with the pronatalist movement: an ideology popular among conservatives that sees high birth rates as key to a nation’s long-term economic health.

“Our people aren’t having enough children to replace themselves. That should bother us,” JD Vance said during a 2019 conference on declining fertility rates. “We want babies not just because they are economically useful. We want more babies because children are good. And we believe children are good because we are not sociopaths.”