Overview
- In a joint social-media statement, JD and Usha Vance said both mother and baby are doing well and thanked military doctors and staff for their care.
- The baby is due in late July and will join siblings Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel.
- Multiple administration accounts and officials posted congratulations, with the White House X account calling it “the most pro-family administration in history.”
- News outlets noted there is no recorded precedent of a vice president’s spouse giving birth while in office, pointing to presidential-era examples from the 1890s and 1963.
- Coverage highlighted Usha Vance’s legal background, including Supreme Court clerkships, and the couple’s long-standing emphasis on pro-family themes.