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

Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha have welcomed their fourth child, a son born on Sunday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The couple named their newborn Alec Neel Vance and confirmed that both mother and child are in good health, with their three older children pleased to meet their new brother.

The Vances have three other children: Ewan, born in 2017; Vivek, born in 2020; and Mirabel, born in 2021. The couple met while attending Yale Law School, graduating together in 2013. Vance, a former US Marine from Ohio, is married to Usha, whose parents are Indian immigrants.

The birth carries historical significance as the first child born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years. The last such occurrence was in 1870, when Vice President Schuyler Colfax and his second wife Ellen Wade had a son, Schuyler Colfax III, according to the White House Historical Association.

Vance has been a vocal advocate for increasing birth rates in the United States, expressing concern about declining fertility during his 2021 campaign for a US Senate seat from Ohio. As vice president, he reiterated this position at the 2025 March for Life anti-abortion rally in Washington, stating his desire for more children in America.

The Vance family's expansion is part of a broader trend within the Trump administration, as other senior officials have also recently become parents. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller's wife Katie recently gave birth to their fourth child, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had her second child with her husband Nicholas Riccio in May.