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US Vice-President JD Vance and wife Usha Vance announce birth of fourth child
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US Vice-President JD Vance and wife Usha Vance announce birth of fourth child

Alec Neel Vance is the first baby born to a sitting US Vice-President in over 150 years.

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  • US Vice-President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance have announced the birth of their fourth child, a son named Alec Neel Vance, born on Sunday.
  • This marks the first time a baby has been born to a sitting vice-president in over 150 years.

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The birth of Alec Neel Vance marks the first time a baby has been born to a sitting US Vice-President while in office for more than 150 years. JD Vance thanked the military doctors and staff at Walter Reed Medical Center for their care.

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US Vice-President JD Vance has announced the birth of his fourth child, a boy, with his wife Usha Vance.

Alec Neel Vance was born on Sunday morning, the vice-president said in a statement on social media.

“Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother,” he added, also thanking the military doctors and staff at Walter Reed Medical Center for their care.

It is the first time a baby has been born to a sitting vice-president while in office for more than 150 years, according to the Associated Press. President Donald Trump hailed the news, writing in a post: "Congratulations! A perfect baby boy for the wonderful Vance family."

The pair have three other children: Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, and four-year-old Mirabel.

Usha Vance (née Chilukuri) was born and raised in San Diego, California, to a mechanical engineer father and a molecular biologist mother who had moved to the US from Andhra Pradesh, India.

She met JD Vance as a student at Yale Law School in 2010, when they joined a discussion group on "social decline in white America".

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This article was originally published by BBC World.

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