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Vice President JD Vance’s wife Usha revealed that the killing of activist Charlie Kirk last year influenced their family’s decision to have a fourth child.
Vance and his wife appeared on “CBS News Sunday Morning” to discuss Vance’s upcoming book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.” In Vance’s letter, he described sitting with Kirk’s wife Erika on the day of Kirk’s murder in September, where he told Usha “through tears” that he “regrets only having two children with Charlie.”
Vance wrote that, although they had discussed having another child before, “something changed” for him and Usha after Kirk’s death.
ERIKA KIRK REFLECTS ON LIFE, LOSS AND FAITH IN FIRST TV TALK SINCE CHARLIE KIRK’S DEATH.
Vice President JD Vance wrote in his letter that Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, described how she “regretted” having only two children with her husband. (Jonathan Ernst/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
“I think that JD has been thinking about this for a while, this idea that there might be another child that he can love like the three we had,” said Usha.
He continued, “It really stood out [him]that idea that if you can have another child, you will have no regrets. And if we couldn’t have another child, then we were very happy with the children we had. So it was very powerful what he said about his family and it was very touching for both of us.”
The Vances announced Usha’s pregnancy in a statement posted on social media in January. The couple said the baby is a boy and will be born in July.
JD VANCE RELEASES BOOK ABOUT JOURNEY OF FAITH, CONVERTING TO CATHOLIC FAITH
US Vice President JD Vance and his family, including wife Usha Vance, announced in January that they are expecting their fourth child. (Kenny Holston/Pool via Reuters)
JD and Usha Vance are also the parents of Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.
In the interview, Usha emphasized that although Kirk’s death was not the main reason for having a fourth child, his killing happened as she thought it would.
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“I think I had just started to open my mind to the possibility. I won’t say this to myself in any way, but it came up during the conversation we were having,” said Usha.
Vance’s book is expected to be released on June 16. In an interview with “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Vance described the book as describing his “long and winding road” to finding faith in God after feeling “lost” as a young man.
JD Vance and his wife Usha appeared on “CBS News Sunday Morning” to discuss Vance’s upcoming book about faith. (Reuters)
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Fox News’ Maria Lencki contributed to this report.
