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When JD Vance<\/strong><\/a> was on the campaign trail before the 2024 election, the future vice president had a signature issue: how to juice America\u2019s birth rate with pronatalist policies<\/a>. On Tuesday, Vance and his wife, Usha,<\/strong> announced that they are doing their part for the cause, sharing that they\u2019re expecting their fourth child this July.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy,\u201d read a post on the second lady\u2019s official X account<\/a>. \u201cUsha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July.\u201d The website is owned by Elon Musk,<\/strong> also a booster of the pronatalism cause, who has at least 14 children<\/a>.<\/p>\n Usha Vance is the first woman to announce<\/a> a pregnancy while her husband served as vice president. The couple already have three children: eight-year-old Ewan,<\/strong> five-year-old Vivek,<\/strong> and four-year-old Mirabel.<\/strong> Their announcement includes a note of thanks to the staff who help them raise their family: \u201cDuring 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Usha once worked as a lawyer at a large firm<\/a>, but she left her job when Vance accepted President Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s invitation to become his running mate. In December, she appeared on a podcast<\/a> hosted by Debbie Kraulidis<\/strong> and Kimberly Fletcher,<\/strong> the Omaha-based founder of conservative organization Moms for America, for a sit-down interview. Together, they discussed Usha\u2019s newfound interest in reading research and the effects of her husband\u2019s job on her family.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the really nice things about this role that we\u2019re in is that our children can do a lot of things with us,\u201d the second lady said. \u201cIt\u2019s easier for us to travel with them in certain respects. There\u2019s always transportation on Air Force 2 with JD. There\u2019s always a car kind of waiting for us on the other end. Some of the really hard things about logistics with children kind of disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n Back in October, the vice president raised eyebrows by publicly saying<\/a> that he hoped his wife, who was raised Hindu, would convert to Christianity. That same day, a viral hug<\/a> between Vance and Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk<\/strong> caused the internet to speculate feverishly about the state of the Vance marriage. Considering the timeline for a baby born in mid-summer\u2014October is nine months before July\u2014maybe the commenters had nothing to worry about after all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n