Vice President of the United States JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance have just announced that they’re expecting their fourth child in a record-breaking pregnancy reveal.
The couple shared the news last night (20 January) with an official announcement text post on X, which read: "We're very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July.
"During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the military doctors who take excellent care of our family and for the staff members who do so much to ensure that we can serve the country while enjoying a wonderful life with our children."
Usha, 40, captioned the post: "We’re very happy to share some exciting news. Our family is growing!"
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The pair, who tied the knot over a decade ago back in 2014, already share three young children: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.
Both Vance, 41, and the official White House X account retweeted the announcement, with the latter captioning the repost: "The most pro-family administration in history! CONGRATULATIONS!"
The announcement, as we say, has broken records as Usha will be the first to have a baby as second lady while in office, though other first ladies have had children while their husbands were in office.
For example, First Lady Frances Cleveland, the wife of President Grover Cleveland, gave birth to a daughter named Esther in the White House in 1893, followed by a second child, Marion, who was born outside the White House.
She was the youngest first lady in history at 21 years of age.
Additionally, Jacqueline Kennedy, the wife of John F Kennedy, gave birth to their third child, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, in 1963. He was born on Cape Cod prematurely and sadly died at just two days old.
Throughout his political career, Vance, who met Usha as students at Yale Law School, has repeatedly raised concerns about declining birth rates in the United States.
During a speech at the anti-abortion March for Life rally last year, he declared: "I want more babies in the United States of America."
"We failed a generation not only by permitting a culture of abortion on demand, but also by neglecting to help young parents achieve the ingredients they need to lead a happy and meaningful life," he claimed, adding that a 'culture of radical individualism' had led to people viewing the 'responsibilities and joys' of raising a family as obstacles.
"Our society has failed to recognise the obligation that one generation has to another as a core part of living in a society," he declared.
"So let me say very simply, I want more babies in the United States of America."
Rhiannon Ingle