Vice President JD Vance said that having children can help Americans find purpose in life during an address in Washington, D.C., at the March for Life rally on Friday, Jan. 23.
Vance, 41, told the crowd that they won’t “find great meaning in a cubicle.”
“To our fellow Americans, we say, you’re never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen,” the vice president said. “But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life.”
Vance and his wife Usha Vance attend the Commander-in-Chief Ball on January 20, 2025.
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Elsewhere in his speech, he referenced his comments at last year’s March for Life event, telling the crowd that “you have a vice president who practices what he preaches,” after he said in 2025 that he wants “more babies in the United States of America.”
“I want more happy children in our country, and I want beautiful young men and women who are eager to welcome them into the world and eager to raise them,” he said last year.
The vice president and his wife, Usha Vance, announced earlier this week that they are expecting their fourth child, a boy. The couple are parents to three children: Ewan, 8; Vivek, 5; and Mirabel, 4.
Vance also spoke about President Donald Trump‘s administration’s various anti-abortion initiatives over the course of his second term, including a newly announced fraud investigation into Planned Parenthood, as well as a ban on the use of fetal tissue in federal research.
He also praised the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying that the administration was seeking a “historic expansion of the Mexico City Policy,” which prevents foreign groups receiving U.S. global health funding from providing or promoting abortion.
Trump addressed the anti-choice rally in a recorded video, according to NJ.com. “We’re bringing back faith in America,” Trump, 79, said in his remarks. “We’re bringing back God. We have stopped forced taxpayer funding of abortion at home and abroad.”
Vance and his family, including wife Usha Vance, visit the Taj Mahal on April 23, 2025 in Agra, India.
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Vance and Usha, 40, shared that they are expecting their fourth child in a Jan. 20 Instagram post, adding that Usha is doing well.
“We’re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July,” the Instagram post read.
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“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 the country while enjoying a wonderful life with our children,” the post continued.
Usha will be the second known vice presidential spouse to give birth while her husband is in office. The first was Ellen Colfax — the wife of Ulysses Grant’s vice president, Schuyler Colfax — who had a son in 1870.
Vance — who received backlash during the 2024 presidential campaign for an old interview in which he characterized Democratic leadership as “a bunch of childless cat ladies” — has routinely spoken about his desire for more Americans to have children.
During a 2021 conference organized by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, he expressed fear that the U.S. was in a “civilization crisis.”
“We should worry that in America, family formation, our birth rates, a ton of indicators of family health have collapsed,” he claimed.