What will JD and Usha Vance name their baby? It's up for debate
What will JD and Usha Vance name their baby? It's up for debate
Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY Fri, June 12, 2026 at 9:14 AM UTC
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WASHINGTON – Vice President JD Vance says he and his wife, Usha, have yet to pick a name for their fourth child, a baby boy who's due in July.
"We have not decided on the name yet," Vance, 41, told USA TODAY during a telephone interview tied to the release of his new book, "Communion," which comes out June 16.
The as-yet-unnamed child will be the first born to a sitting vice president in modern American history. The couple has three young children already: Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, and Mirabel, 4.
Vance told USA TODAY that he and his wife, Usha, 40, chose the names of all three "very late" and did not settle on names for two of the three until the children were born.
"Usha and I have very different perspectives on what to name kids, and so we're always kind of debating names as we go into the delivery room and then once we see the baby, that's usually when we decide," Vance said. "So no baby name yet. We know it's a boy, that's all we know, and I'm sure we'll name the child by the time we have to put a name on a birth certificate, just like we always do."
Usha Vance indicated in an interview last summer with the conservative podcast host Meghan McCain that she did not want to have additional children but did not rule out a fourth one. "Never say never," she said at the time.
She and her husband announced that they were expecting a fourth child in January of this year.
Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance watch the ice dance rhythm dance with their children at the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 6, 2026. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
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Vance suggested in his soon-to-be-released memoir that his wife changed her mind about having more children after the death of their friend, Charlie Kirk, following the young, conservative activist's assassination last September.
"For years I had asked Usha to have another baby, and for years she had told me she was done – especially now that public service had elevated us into the national spotlight," he wrote. "But something changed for Usha, and not long after we buried my friend, she became pregnant with our fourth child, a boy."
The excerpt from "Communion" appeared in the Wall Street Journal.
Take your child to work day at the White House
In an interview with NBC News, Vance said he'd be bringing his older children with him to work while his wife takes time out of the public eye to bond with their newborn.
The children enjoy visiting the White House, Vance told NBC, because they get to eat junk food and watch television. Speaking to USA TODAY about the arrangement, Vance said no one in the Cabinet had offered to help him keep an eye on the older kids.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, second lady Usha Vance, along with their children Mirabel and Vivek, walk from Air Force Two as they arrive, in Yerevan, Armenia, February 9, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool
"Nobody's offered to babysit, but it's funny, nobody minds when the kids are around, either," he said.
Vance said that a few weeks ago, when his wife wasn't feeling well, he brought one of the children with him to work. "Everybody's very welcoming," he said.
"Obviously when you're the vice president, the only person who can really get mad at you is the president," Vance added, "and so we'll definitely use that privilege quite a bit over the summer, when we can bring the kids into the White House with me."
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