JD Vance’s Wife Usha Admits ‘There Are Things That I Miss’ in Life as Marriage Rumors Persist

Second lady Usha Vance is addressing the ongoing rumors about her marriage to Vice President JD Vance after she’s been seen on more than one occasion without her wedding ring.

In an interview with USA Today published Saturday, December 13, the 39-year-old lawyer admitted that “there are things that I miss and things that I’m excited to have moved on from” when it comes to her new life in the political spotlight.

According to the publication, she still dreams of returning to Cincinnati, where she and the 41-year-old — who share sons Ewan, 8, and Vivek, 5, and daughter Mirabel, 3 — lived before Donald Trump was elected president and JD became his second in command.

Usha is also still adjusting to being in the public eye. On at least two recent occasions, the mother of three stepped out ringless — but has previously claimed via a spokesperson that she “forgets her ring sometimes,” according to People.

Addressing the rumors that her marriage to JD may be in jeopardy, Usha told USA Today, “I find that one of the really curious things about this life is that people really like to read the tea leaves, and there’s a kind of an industry building stories about everything that they can imagine.”

She also brought up her wedding ring again, stating, “Sometimes I’m wearing it and sometimes I’ve just been to the gym and showered and I’m not wearing it.”

Usha said that she and JD “do find it kind of funny” that their personal life is making headlines, but she isn’t necessarily paying too much attention to the headlines.

“I’d rather just sort of live in my marriage and in the real world and less in kind of the fever dreams that surround it,” she said. “So I mean, it is kind of a family joke, but also not something that I spend very much time thinking about.”

JD previously spoke with NBC News about his relationship with Usha, whom he married in 2014.

“There are certainly ways in which it’s difficult on the family,” JD said of the newfound media attention. “I’m not going to pretend that it isn’t. But it’s the sacrifice that we signed up for.”

Earlier this month, he also poked fun at a rumor that he got into a fight with Usha while out in public.

Despite the gossip, he told NBC News their marriage “is as strong as it’s ever been.”