Usha Vance makes big announcement amid marriage questions

Second lady Usha Vance announced Tuesday that she is expecting her fourth child.

She made a joint announcement with her husband, Vice President JD Vance, on social media that they are having a son. The couple has three other children, ages 3, 5 and 8, according to The Daily Beast.

“We’re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy,” the couple said in the announcement. “Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July.”

“During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the military doctors who take excellent care of our family and for the staff members who do so much to ensure that we can serve while enjoying a wonderful life with our children," according to the announcement.

The couple married in 2014 and has faced questions rumors after the second lady appeared in public without a wedding ring, but her office offered an explanation — something the vice president has claimed they joke about.

Usha Vance's appearance in public without a wedding ring raised eyebrows among liberal influencers and strategists, who have kept an eye on JD Vance's relationship since the Catholic-convert V.P. suggested his Hindu-born wife might one day convert to Christianity. Conservatives, however, have jumped to the defense of the second lady.

In the statement provided to Raw Story, a spokesperson from Usha's Vance's office said she "is a mother of three young children, who does a lot of dishes, gives lots of baths, and forgets her ring sometimes."