In brief
Usha Vance, wife of Vice-President JD Vance, has unveiled that she is pregnant with their fourth child, set to welcome a baby boy in late July. Previously a corporate litigator, Usha's impactful journey includes significant positions in law and her role in supporting her husband. She joins a historic lineage as the first Second Lady to announce a pregnancy while in office, expanding the narrative of family in political life.
Usha Vance, the wife of Vice-President JD Vance, has announced she is pregnant with her fourth child.
In a post on X, the second lady said she is looking forward to welcoming a boy in late July.
Usha and the baby are doing well, a statement posted on Tuesday to the second lady's social media account read.
Vance and his wife, Usha, 40, have three young children: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.
Usha Vance (née Chilukuri) was born and raised in the working-class suburbs of San Diego, California, to a mechanical engineer father and a molecular biologist mother who had moved to the US from Andhra Pradesh, India.
She met JD Vance as a student at Yale Law School in 2010, when they joined a discussion group on social decline in white America.
Before becoming second lady, Usha Vance had a legal career, including a job as a corporate litigator at firm Munger, Tolles & Olson in San Francisco. She also worked for conservative judges, including Chief Justice John Roberts on the Supreme Court and appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Usha Vance is notable for being the first second lady to have a baby while in office, drawing attention to familial themes in political narratives.
Her husband JD Vance has been a vocal advocate for increasing birth rates in the United States, stating in 2025, Let me say very simply: I want more babies in the United States of America.
