Along with First Lady Usha Vance and their young children, Vice President JD Vance is attempting to “deliver as much normalcy to the kids in a very abnormal situation.” According to the VP, this is helping the family acclimate to life as the Second Family.
This week, HEADLINESFOREVER Digital had the opportunity to interview Vance exclusively.
“Everyone is adjusting well—they are doing very well,” added Vance. “It’s different, right?”
“My seven-year-old son Ewan, he’s adjusting, but he’s also aware of all of it,” said Vance.
“And then we have our five-year-old son, Vivek, who I think is a little bit less aware of it,” said Vance. He takes great pleasure in it. He gets to travel where he wants, play with a gang of Secret Service personnel, and he loves it.
As for his youngest, “And Mirabel, who’s three, has no idea what’s going on,” Vance remarked.
“In her pajamas reviewing this Indian troop formation.” Vance and his wife proudly display a portrait of Mirabel at their house in the Naval Observatory.
“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,” added Vance. “So, you sort of see different levels of kids’ understanding of it.”
According to Vance, the kids “have a good school situation.”
“We have good friends here, and they spend a lot of time at the White House,” he added.
“Of course, our primary residence—we still have our home in Cincinnati—but our primary residence is the Naval Observatory,” added Vance. “It’s very isolated, so it’s nice, because, for the kids, it’s not like growing up in a fishbowl.”
As far as Vance was concerned, the kids “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,” added Vance.
In terms of his spouse, Vance stated “each second lady approaches the role differently—there’s not like, a manual that says—this is how you will be second lady.”
“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 said, noting that she intends to “take on additional projects.”
“However, she is also a mother,” Vance remarked. “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.”
Furthermore, he mentioned that she is enjoying herself and is performing well in the job. She’s incredible.