Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, are brushing off recent online chatter about their marriage.
The rumors started after people noticed Usha without her wedding ring during a visit to military bases in North Carolina with First Lady Melania Trump. Social media quickly went wild, with some joking that JD might be “sleeping on the couch.”
When asked about the missing ring, Vance told NBC News, “I think that we kind of get a kick out of it.” He explained, “With anything in life, you take the good with the bad. You accept that there are some sacrifices and there are some very good things that come along with it, too. But our marriage is as strong as it’s ever been, and I think Usha’s really taken to it, and it’s been kind of cool to see how she’s developed and evolved in this new role.”
Usha, a mother of three young children, has a lot to manage. A spokesperson for the second lady said she often forgets her rings while juggling dishes, bath times, and other parenting tasks.
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During one recent day, Usha realized she had left her rings behind after a shower while heading to an event with the first lady.
“She was like, ‘Oh, if I don’t go back and get them, there’s going to be some ridiculous psycho who talks about it on social media,’” JD recalled. “And I was like, let them. It’s not even worth the trip to run back upstairs. So we actually have a little bit of fun with it. And we thought that whole viral social media cycle was kind of funny.”
Even though they laugh at the situation, Vance admitted media attention can be hard on the family. “There are certainly ways in which it’s difficult on the family,” he said. “I’m not going to pretend that it isn’t. But it’s the sacrifice that we signed up for.”
This is not the first time politicians’ families have faced online scrutiny. But JD and Usha seem to handle it with humor rather than frustration.
JD and Usha married in 2014 and have built a life together while managing public duties and raising children.
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