Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance welcomed their fourth child on Sunday. (File Photo)
Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance announced the birth of their fourth child Sunday, marking the first time a baby has been born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years, according to the Associated Press.
Born Sunday, Alec Neel Vance joins older siblings Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, and Mirabel, 4. Vance shared the news on social media with a joint statement, saying the baby boy was born that morning and that mother and child are healthy, with the older children excited to meet their little brother. The couple thanked staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the White House medical team.
When did a sitting vice president last have a child
Not since the 1800s. Schuyler Colfax and his second wife, Ellen Wade, had a son in 1870 while Colfax was vice president, according to the White House Historical Association. Decades earlier, John C. Calhoun and his wife, Floride Bonneau, had a son in 1829 during Calhoun’s vice presidency.
JD Vance reflects on early kitchen blunders while cooking for Usha Vance (Source: Instagram/Usha Vance)
Vance’s new arrival is part of a broader wave of births among senior Trump administration officials, following recent fourth and second children for White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s family and press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s family, respectively.
What has Vance said about the decision to grow his family
Vance has long spoken about declining US birth rates, calling for more babies in the country during a 2025 anti-abortion rally in Washington. He has said the decision to have a fourth child was influenced in part by Erika Kirk, widow of his friend, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed in 2025.
Vice President JD Vance and his family, including wife Usha Vance, visit the Taj Mahal on April 23, 2025, in Agra, India. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Vance said Kirk’s widow told them she wished she’d had more children with her husband before his death. Usha Vance, a former attorney who once clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, said in a June CBS Sunday Morning interview that the conversation was moving but not the deciding factor, since she had already been open to the idea.
Usha Vance, the daughter of immigrants from India, launched a video podcast called “Storytime with the Second Lady” during her pregnancy and recently faced attention after a New York Times fashion critic wrote about a maternity dress she wore on the show.
Second lady Usha Vance arrives participates at an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. (Photo: AP)
The Times linked the public attention on Vance’s, Miller’s, and Leavitt’s pregnancies to the pronatalist movement, which encourages larger families. Usha Vance responded on social media with humor, later sharing that the dress had been bought on discount, which her husband praised on social media.
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Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance welcomed their fourth child on Sunday. (File Photo) 
