Usha Vance has addressed the speculation that her marriage to US Vice President JD Vance has entered rocky territory.
The couple met in 2010 while they were both students at Yale Law School. JD has previously revealed that they instantly clicked and that he told Usha he loved her on their first date. Four years later, they married in an interfaith Christian and Hindu ceremony.
JD and the Second Lady share three children together: Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel.
Second Lady Usha Vance is setting the record straight on her marriage to JD Vance
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Recently, the mom of three was spotted without her wedding ring, leading to speculation that she and JD had separated.
The cause of their breakup, some people claimed, was JD’s close relationship with Erika Kirk, who shared an affectionate embrace with the politician during a Turning Point event in October and said she saw “similarities” between JD and her late husband, Charlie Kirk.
Speaking with NBC, the US Vice President said his relationship with Usha is “as strong as it’s ever been” and that the couple is “getting a kick” out of the breakup speculation.
A spokesperson for Usha similarly shut down the speculation by addressing her ringless appearance at Camp Lejeune, a military training facility in Jacksonville, last month.
The couple has been facing speculation of a marital crisis for months
Earlier this month, Usha appeared without her ring again while accompanying Melania Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
The spokesperson said that the 39-year-old is “a mother of three young children, who does a lot of dishes, gives lots of baths, and forgets her ring sometimes.”
Now, Usha herself has spoken about how she deals with strangers on the internet discussing her marriage.
“I find that one of the really curious things about this life is that people really like to read the tea leaves, and there’s a kind of an industry building stories about everything that they can imagine,” she told USA Today on Monday (December 15).
Both JD and Usha admitted that they find online theories of a crisis funny
“I’d rather just sort of live in my marriage and in the real world and less in kind of the fever dreams that surround it,” she added.
Referring to the internet theory that she was experiencing a marital crisis, Usha said, “I mean, it is kind of a family joke, but also not something that I spend very much time thinking about.”
Though she and JD find it “funny” that strangers are talking about them, she said she doesn’t “find it fruitful” to keep track of online gossip.
The San Diego native also addressed her ringless appearances, explaining, “Sometimes I’m wearing it and sometimes I’ve just been to the gym and showered and I’m not wearing it.”
The Vice President and the Second Lady share three children
Asked about her life before she was the Second Lady of the United States, Usha said there are some things she misses and others she’s “excited to have moved on from.”
Amid the speculation that the Vances were in crisis, JD reposted a viral image that showed him seemingly shouting at his wife while having dinner together.
People believed the couple had separated after Usha was seen without her wedding ring following JD’s hug with Erika Kirk
“Looks like things are not so good in Republicanistan,” read the caption of a user who shared the image on Facebook. “Usha is a liberal. Always has been. Apparently they were having an argument loud enough to quiet the restaurant. Why is he wearing a tee shirt?”
“I always wear an undershirt when I go out in public to have a fight loudly with my wife,” the 41-year-old politician quipped on X.
In October, JD spoke about his multi-faith household during a Turning Point event. He shared that the couple decided to raise their children as Christian and that Usha, who considers herself Hindu, accompanies him to church most Sundays.
“Do I hope, eventually, that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved in by church? Yeah, honestly, I do wish that,” said the father, who described himself as an atheist before he converted to Catholicism in his 30s.
JD added, “I believe in the Christian gospel and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way. But if she doesn’t, then God says everybody has free will and so that doesn’t cause a problem for me.”
Before being the Second Lady, Usha worked for the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson for almost six years, handling civil litigation and appeals. She resigned in July 2024 following the announcement of her husband becoming the Republican Party nominee for vice president.
“Not all women wear their wedding rings all the time,” one Facebook user commented
