JD Vance Addresses Claims He Had a ‘Loud Fight’ in Public With His Wife Days After Denying Divorce Rumors
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Every public relationship, whether it is in the celebrity space or the political space, goes through divorce rumors. The Obamas have to respond to them pretty often, and so do Harry and Meghan and even Prince William and Kate Middleton. The same thing has happened to Vice-President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, who have been plagued by rumors of marriage problems ever since Usha was caught without her wedding ring during a public event.
Now, Vance is addressing those head-on. The vice president took to X to repost a viral photo of himself at a restaurant in conversation with his wife, Usha. The picture had led people to speculate that the two were in the middle of a fight.
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The photo, posted by a Facebook user, was captioned, “Looks like things are not so good in Republicanistan. 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?” The snap was then shared on X, with the added caption, “JD and Usha (allegedly) spotted having a loud argument at a restaurant recently.”
Vance responded with a joke, “I always wear an undershirt when I go out in public to have a fight loudly with my wife.”
Rumors about their relationship started when Usha Vance was seen without her ring on during a visit to Camp Lejeune in Richlands, North Carolina, alongside first lady Melania Trump. Then, Vance was seen sans ring once again as the two visited a holiday volunteer event at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
After the speculation started, a spokesperson for the second lady released a statement to People explaining that Usha Vance is “a mother of three young children, who does a lot of dishes, gives lots of baths, and forgets her ring sometimes.” Usha and JD Vance married in 2014 and have three kids together: sons Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and daughter Mirabel, 3.
The vice president recently commented on the rumors during an interview with NBC News on December 5, saying. “I think that we kind of get a kick out of it,” and adding, “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.”
And when he was asked if the divorce speculation has been “tough,” Vance responded, “It’s funny. I actually don’t think that it’s tough.” He went on to explain the moment Usha Vance was seen without her rings as her forgetting them after showering.
“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,’” Vance said. “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.” He continued, “There are certainly ways in which it’s difficult on the family. I’m not going to pretend that it isn’t. But it’s the sacrifice that we signed up for.”
