Overview
- A spokesperson reiterated to outlets including People and USA Today that Usha Vance sometimes forgets her ring while caring for three young children and handling routine chores.
- New photos from a November 19 visit to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina show the Second Lady without a wedding band during official appearances with First Lady Melania Trump.
- She was also seen without the ring at a joint appearance in Maryland on November 10, while JD Vance wore his ring at a Washington event the following day.
- Public conjecture has been fueled by an October onstage hug between JD Vance and Erika Kirk and by his remarks about his wife's refusal to convert to Catholicism.
- Current coverage notes ongoing social media chatter but reports no concrete evidence that the couple has separated.