Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shared that his wife was nearly one of J.D. Vance’s “childless cat ladies” until in vitro fertilization helped the couple welcome their first child. But Vance doesn’t support IVF either, and Walz publicly called him out for it last month.
Walz, who will join the November ticket as Kamala Harris’ VP, has been open about the “anxiety and frustration” behind he and his wife Gwen’s infertility issues.
In a March interview with the Star Tribune, Walz said that he and Gwen struggled to conceive for seven years. After several IVF attempts finally worked for them, Walz has gone on to use his power as governor to support reproductive freedom and more access to reproductive health care, such as IVF. Now Walz and his wife have two children, Hope and Gus, born in 2001 and 2006 respectively.
