JD Vance says wife Usha and son 'happy and healthy' after birth of fourth child

What the report says

BBC World News reports that US Vice-President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, have welcomed their fourth child, a son named Alec Neel Vance. The child was born on Sunday morning, according to a social media statement from the vice-president. Vance said his wife and newborn were doing well and thanked military medical personnel at Walter Reed Medical Center for their care.

The birth adds to the couple’s family of three older children: Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, and Mirabel, 4. President Donald Trump publicly congratulated the family after the announcement. BBC, citing the Associated Press, noted that the birth is believed to be the first to a sitting US vice-president in more than 150 years.

The BBC article also provides background on Usha Vance, who was born and raised in San Diego, California, to parents who had moved to the United States from Andhra Pradesh, India. She and JD Vance met while studying at Yale Law School in 2010.

The news is likely to draw attention because Vance has been a prominent voice in the Trump administration on family policy and higher birth rates in the United States. The BBC also notes that Vance has written recently about the couple’s decision to have another child, framing the birth within his public discussion of family life and conservative politics.