Vice President JD Vance welcomes fourth child, first VP in 150 years to have baby while in office
Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance announced the birth of their son Alec Neel Vance, making him the first vice president in more than a century and a half to have a child during his term.
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, announced on July 19 that they had welcomed their fourth child, a baby boy named Alec Neel Vance. The birth, which occurred at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, was confirmed by a family statement saying both mother and infant were healthy.
President Donald Trump posted a congratulatory message on his Truth Social platform the following day, writing, "Congratulations! A perfect baby boy for the wonderful Vance family."
The Vances thanked the hospital staff and the White House medical unit for their care. Their three older children – sons Ewan, 9, and Vivek, 6, and daughter Mirabel, 4 – have largely been kept out of the public eye.
Alec Neel Vance is the first child born to a sitting vice president since the 19th century. The last vice president to have a child while in office was Schuyler Colfax, whose son was born in 1870; prior to that, John C. Calhoun welcomed a son in 1829.