Family matters: How VP Vance, wife deliver ‘normalcy to the kids in a very abnormal situation’

EXCLUSIVE: Vice President JD Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance and their young children are adjusting well to life as the Second Family, with the vice president telling Fox News Digital that they are trying to “deliver as much normalcy to the kids in a very abnormal situation.” 

Vance sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital this week. 

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Vice President JD Vance and Second family disembark Marine Two at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Thursday, April 17, 2025, and boards Air Force Two en route to Rome, Italy.

“Everyone is adjusting well—they are doing very well,” Vance said. “It’s different, right?” 

“My seven-year-old son Ewan, he’s adjusting, but he’s also aware of all of it,” Vance said. 

“And then we have our five-year-old son, Vivek, who I think is a little bit less aware of it,” Vance continued. “To him, it’s just fun. He has a bunch of Secret Service agents to play with, and he gets to go wherever he wants to, and he really likes that.” 

“And Mirabel, who’s three, has no idea what’s going on,” Vance said of his youngest. 

Vance shared a photo of Mirabel, which he and his wife display in their home in the Naval Observatory, “in her pajamas reviewing this Indian troop formation.” 

Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance participate in a departure ceremony at Jaipur International Airport in Jaipur, India, Thursday, April 24, 2025, before boarding Air Force Two for Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany. (Official White House Photo by Emily J. Higgins)

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“It’s so funny—it’s maybe my favorite photo of the entire 100 days that we’ve had so far—it’s very cute,” Vance said. “So, you sort of see different levels of kids’ understanding of it.” 

Vance said the children “have a good school situation.” 

“We have good friends here, and they spend a lot of time at the White House,” Vance said. 

“Of course, our primary residence—we still have our home in Cincinnati—but our primary residence is the Naval Observatory,” Vance said. “It’s very isolated, so it’s nice, because, for the kids, it’s not like growing up in a fishbowl.” 

Vice President JD Vance and Second family disembark Marine Two at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Thursday, April 17, 2025, and boards Air Force Two en route to Rome, Italy.

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Vance said the children “have a lot of room to run around.” 

“There aren’t cameras everywhere, and it feels very, very private—very normal for the kids—which is all we could ask for,” Vance said. 

As for his wife, Vance said “each second lady approaches the role differently—there’s not like, a manual that says—this is how you will be second lady.” 

U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, second lady Usha Vance, their children Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel, Barron Trump, and Viktor Knavs attend a rally on the inauguration day of Trump’s second Presidential term, inside Capital One, in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025.  (Mike Segar/REUTERS)

“I think what Usha has done is she has focused on some issues she cares about and she is very involved in the Kennedy Center—she really likes the arts and that is a project that she’s taken on,” Vance explained, adding that she plans to “take on additional projects.” 

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“But she also is a mom,” Vance said. “And the kids are really young, and she saw this as an opportunity to try to deliver as much normalcy to the kids in a very abnormal situation.” 

He added: “But she’s doing well, and she really likes it—I think the role suits her and she’s having fun. She’s amazing.”