US Vice President JD Vance and his wife announce birth of fourth child

JD and Usha Vance welcome a baby boy, the first child born to a sitting vice president in more than ۱۵۰ years.

United States Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, have announced the birth of their fourth child.

In a statement, Vance and his wife said their son was born on Sunday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

“We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning,” the statement said.

“Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother,” it added.

Vance, an Ohio native, and Usha, the daughter of Indian immigrants, met while attending Yale Law School, where they graduated in ۲۰۱۳.

Their first son, Ewan, was born in ۲۰۱۷, followed by another son, Vivek, in ۲۰۲۰. The couple’s daughter, Mirabel, was born in ۲۰۲۱.

Alec Neel Vance is the first child born to a vice president in more than ۱۵۰ years.

The last time a sitting vice president became a new father was in the ۱۸۰۰s.

Schuyler Colfax and his second wife, Ellen Wade, had a son, Schuyler Colfax III, in ۱۸۷۰, when Colfax was serving as vice president, according to the White House Historical Association.

Vance, a former US Marine, is a passionate advocate for Americans to have more children. He repeatedly expressed alarm about declining birth rates in the US as he launched his political career in ۲۰۲۱ with a bid for a US Senate seat from Ohio.

As vice president, he said in Washington at the ۲۰۲۵ March for Life anti-abortion rally, “I want more babies in the United States of America.”

The newest addition to Vance’s family was part of a recent mini baby boom among top members of President Donald Trump’s administration.

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie, recently gave birth to the couple’s fourth child, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had her second child with her husband, Nicholas Riccio, in May.