U.S.: JD Vance Welcomes Fourth Child, Breaking a Century-and-a-Half-Old Record

WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance have welcomed their fourth child, marking the first time in over 150 years that a sitting U.S. vice president has had a child born while in office.
According to the Associated Press, the baby, born on Sunday, has been named Alec Neel Vance. He joins older siblings Ewan (9), Vivek (6), and Mirabel (4) as the family’s fourth child. In a joint statement on social media, JD Vance said the baby was born in the morning and that both mother and child are doing well, adding that the older children are thrilled to meet their new little brother. The family also thanked Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the White House medical team.
According to the White House Historical Association, the last such occurrence was in 1870, when Vice President Schuyler Colfax and his second wife had a son, and before that in 1829, when Vice President John C. Calhoun had a son born during his term.
The birth adds to a recent wave of births among senior Trump administration officials’ families, including Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s fourth child and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s second child.
Vance has long expressed concern over declining birth rates in the U.S., urging Americans to have more children during a 2025 rally. He shared that conversations with Erika Kirk, widow of his late friend Charlie Kirk, influenced the decision to have a fourth child, while Usha Vance said in a June interview that she had already been open to the idea.
Usha Vance also launched a podcast, “Storytime with the Second Lady,” during her pregnancy, and drew attention on social media after a New York Times fashion critic wrote about her maternity outfit on the show.