Second lady Usha Vance and Vice President JD Vance expect a child this summer time, the couple introduced Tuesday.
“We’re 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 in late July,” they mentioned in a joint assertion posted to social media.
The Vances have three children: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel, who’ve usually joined them on travels throughout the nation and the globe.
This will mark the primary time a sitting second lady has had a child whereas in workplace, however it’s not with out precedent for first women.
First lady Frances Cleveland, spouse of President Grover Cleveland, gave birth to her daughter Esther contained in the White House in 1893, and a second child, Marion, two years later (born in Massachusetts).
First lady Jacqueline Kennedy had a 3rd child, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, in 1963, who was born prematurely on Cape Cod and died at two days outdated of Hyaline membrane illness.
The Vances’ message described the second as “exciting and hectic” and expressed gratitude to navy docs and their workers.
Usha Vance, 40, left her job as a high-profile public lawyer when her husband grew to become President Donald Trump’s second in command, and he or she has appeared regularly by his facet over the course of his first 12 months in workplace.
She has assembled a small workforce of workers, transitioned her youngsters to life on the Naval Observatory and settled into the function. She has taken up childhood literacy as a platform, launching a summer time studying problem final 12 months.
The couple is anticipated to steer the US delegation to the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, subsequent month.