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JD Vance’s wife Usha reveals Charlie Kirk’s role in having fourth child

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Vice President J.D. Vance’s wife, Usha, revealed that the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year influenced their family’s decision to have a fourth child.

Vance and his wife appeared on “CBS News Sunday Morning” to discuss Vance’s upcoming book, “Community: Finding My Way Back to Faith.” In Vance’s bookShe said that on the day Kirk was assassinated in September, she sat down with Kirk’s wife, Erika, and told Usha “in between sobs” that she “regretted having only had two children with Charlie.”

Vance wrote that “things changed” for both him and Usha after Kirk’s death, although they had previously discussed having another child.

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Vice President J.D. Vance wrote in his book that Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, described how she “regretted” having only two children with her husband. (Jonathan Ernst/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“I think that really added to the feeling that JD had been talking about this for a while, that there was a possibility of him having another child that he could love as much as the three we have,” Usha said.

He continued: “It really crystallized [him]The feeling that if you had had your other child you would have nothing to regret. And if we couldn’t have another child, then we were very happy with the children we had. “So what he said about his own family was so moving and definitely touched both of us.”

Vances announced Usha’s pregnancy in a statement shared on social media in January. The couple said that their baby is a boy and will be born in July.

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US Vice President JD Vance and his family, including his wife Usha Vance, announced in January that they were expecting their fourth child. (Kenny Holston/Pool via Reuters)

JD and Usha Vance are also the parents of Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel.

During the interview, Usha emphasized that although Kirk’s death was not the deciding factor in having a fourth child, the assassination occurred while she was considering the possibility.

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“I think I had already started to open my mind to the possibility. I wouldn’t say it was the deciding factor for me by any means, but it came in the middle of a conversation we were already having,” Usha said.

Vance’s book will be published on June 16. In an interview with “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Vance described the book as detailing the “long and winding road” he took to find his faith in God after feeling “lost it” as a young man.