She met JD Vance while they were studying at Yale Law School in 2010, where they participated in a discussion group focused on
By Njoku Vincent
United States Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, have welcomed their fourth child, a baby boy named Alec Neel Vance.
The vice president announced the birth in a social media post, revealing that Alec was born on Sunday morning.
“Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother,” Vance wrote. He also expressed gratitude to the doctors, nurses, and staff at Walter Reed Medical Center for the care provided during the delivery.
According to the Associated Press, Alec’s birth marks the first time in more than 150 years that a sitting US vice president has welcomed a child while serving in office.
The couple are already parents to three children: Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, and four-year-old Mirabel.
Usha Vance, née Chilukuri, was born and raised in the working-class suburbs of San Diego, California. Her father is a mechanical engineer, while her mother is a molecular biologist. Both of her parents emigrated to the United States from Andhra Pradesh, India.
She met JD Vance while they were studying at Yale Law School in 2010, where they participated in a discussion group focused on social issues in America.
JD Vance has consistently advocated policies aimed at encouraging higher birth rates in the United States. In his recently published book, he disclosed that Usha had initially been hesitant about having a fourth child but later changed her mind following the death of his friend, conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Reflecting on the experience, Vance wrote: “Not long after we buried my friend, she became pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. One life was stolen from us, but another was given.”