Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance and their three young children are now in the process of adjusting to a new lifestyle as they settle into the Vice President’s official residence at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, DC
The Vance family captured hearts across the country during President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 22, when millions of Americans watched as the new vice president and second lady brought out their three young children: Ewan, 7, Vivek, 4, and Mirabel, 3. .
The millennial father-of-three and Second Lady – they are both 40 – are the first family with children to live in the Vice President’s mansion since Al and Tipper Gore lived there in 1993.
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Vice President Vance is the youngest politician to assume the role of second in command since Richard Nixon, who was 40 years old when he assumed the role of VP in January 1953.
Vance recently took to X to share his family’s latest update in Washington, DC
“My children are settling into the official residence of the Vice President, and I just want to say: Thank you to the American people,” he posted on the social media platform.
“While we do not own this property, it is a beautiful home for our three young children,” he also wrote.
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“We are grateful and will take good care of him.”
The three-story home, built in 1893, sits on a 73-acre plot and is “surrounded by a forest-like setting,” according to the District Number One Observatory. Its 33 rooms are for public and private use.
The Vance family, along with President Trump, during the inauguration festivities. Young boy Ewan Vance, aged 7, is shown peering into his parents’ heads. (Cspan)
As they settle into their new home, here’s a closer look at the Vance family.
Ewan Blaine Vance, age 7
The Vice President and Second Lady’s eldest son, Ewan, was born on June 5, 2017.
Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump — and a tired son Vance during inauguration activities earlier this week. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Last February on the Senate floor, Vance offered insight into his family life, calling out his “6-year-old son” before cheerfully correcting himself—saying his son was “not so much of a child”.
Vivek Vance, Age 4
The second family welcomed their middle child and second son in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vivek Vance will return on February 5.
When Vance took the opportunity to mention his children on the Senate floor on February 12, 2024, it was his second son’s birthday—so the then-senator wished his son a happy birthday by reading Dr. Seuss, “Oh the Places You’ll Go.”
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While the Vances tend to keep their children out of the political spotlight, the vice president posted about his son after the two went on a fishing trip to Missouri.
Mirable Rose Vance, Age 3
The youngest child and only daughter of the family is Mirabel Vance, born in December 2021.
At just three years old, Mirabel Vance is one of the youngest children living in the vice presidential residence. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
The baby of the family even made a special appearance during one of Vice President Blooper’s reels during his run for a Senate seat.
She recently stole hearts during the presidential inauguration when she was seen sitting on her mother’s lap with a series of Bluey bandaids on her fingers.
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“There’s nothing he cares about more than being there for his kids,” the second lady said in an interview last year with Fox News. “He gets up, you know, after a really late night of traveling – he gets up at 6 in the morning to make sure they have an elaborate breakfast the next day.”
Vice President JD Vance with his daughter, left, and sons, right. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
She added, “He’s just determined to be there for them.”
Presidential families through the years
It’s been a while since toddlers were seen running around the White House grounds, but many presidents have raised their children in the political spotlight over the decades.
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Here are just a few of the presidential children over the years.
Malia Obama and Sasha Obama
In 2008, at the age of seven, Sasha Obama became the youngest person to live in the White House since the Kennedy family was in the official presidential residence.
Malia and Sasha Obama called the White House home for nearly eight years while their father served in office. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Malia Obama was only 10 years old when her father was first elected president.
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The two Obama sisters spent nearly eight years growing up in the White House, from little girls to young women, and would join their father in many of his duties as president — from annual turkey dinners to of the state honoring various political figures.
Jenna Bush and Barbara Bush
The Bush twins were no strangers to the White House. They were only in first grade when their grandfather, George HW Bush, was elected president of the United States.
Jenna and Barbara Bush spent years in the White House as the grandchildren of a president and the daughters of a president. (Tim Sloan/AFP via Getty Images)
The residence eventually became the family home in 2000, but both sisters left for college that same year. Barbara Bush attended Yale University and Jenna Bush stayed in Texas as a student at the University of Texas at Austin.
During their time in the White House as grandchildren and children of presidents, the girls literally made their mark on history. Prints of the twins, to this day, can be seen in the White House Nursery along with those of other children of past presidents.
Amy Carter
Amy Carter was only nine years old when she moved into the White House with her parents.
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The youngest of the Carter children, she has three older brothers: Jack, James and Donnel Carter.
Amy Carter was the only one of the Carter children to grow up in the White House. (Katherine Young/Getty Images)
“Her brothers are so much older that it’s almost like she has four fathers, and we have to stay in line to break it,” Rosalynn Carter once said, according to the White House Archives.
Amy Carter grew up in the White House and attended many events with her father, including Mickey Mouse’s 50th birthday in 1978. The younger Carter hosted the celebration with her parents and invited local children with disabilities to joined in the celebrations, The White House Historical Association noted.
Caroline Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr.
The Kennedy children were the youngest children to grow up in the White House.
John Jr. was born just two weeks after John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1960. Caroline Kennedy was three years old when she moved into the White House with her parents.
Caroline Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr. were the youngest children who called the White House their home. (APIC/Getty Images)
Caroline Kennedy and 20 other children went to kindergarten in the Solarium of the White House, after Jacqueline Kennedy formed a school in the presidential premises.
The school met all District of Columbia regulations and the teachers’ salaries were paid by the Kennedy family and other parents.
Alice Roosevelt
America’s first “wild child,” Alice Roosevelt Longworth was the eldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, the nation’s 26th commander-in-chief.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth was known for her wild behavior and claimed “look-alike” behavior. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
She shocked the nation with her wild antics, from wearing a pet clutch named Emily Spinaq around her neck and smoking on the roof of the White House to racing her car up and down the streets of Washington at the age of 17. years old.
She also played poker or partied the night away with the Vanderbilts, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
“She broke the mold and then she broke it into a million pieces,” presidential historian and Reagan biographer Craig Shirley told Fox News Digital.
“She did it with wit and verve.”
“Presidential families, and especially daughters, are supposed to be quiet and low-key and polite—and she was none of those.”
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President Teddy Roosevelt told anxious onlookers that he could not control his daughter and run the country at the same time. “She had no filter and she didn’t care,” Shirley said. “And she did it with wit and verve.”
Thomas ‘tad’ Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s eight-year-old son is believed to have been the originator of a longstanding White House tradition.
Thomas “Tad” Hamilton is believed to be the originator of Turkey’s long tradition of presidential pardons. (Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
In 1863, when President Lincoln was given a live turkey for his Christmas celebration, his wild son, Thomas “Tad” Lincoln, adopted the turkey and even named him Jack, in an attempt to prevent the turkey from being killed. for the holiday of the family of the family.
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“The son apparently argued that the bird had every right to live — and the president gave in to his son, writing a comeback for Turkey on a card and handing it to Tad,” Fox News Digital previously reported.
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Maureen Mackey and Angelica Stabile, both of Fox News Digital, contributed reporting.
