Vice President J.D. VanceHis wife, Osha Vance, and their three young children are 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 January 22, when millions of Americans watched the new vice president and Second lady They brought out their three young children: Ewan, 7, Vivek, 4, and Mirabelle, 3.
The millennial father of three and the second lady – both 40 – are the first family with children to live in the vice president's residence since Al and Tipper Gore lived there in 1993.
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Vice President Vance is the youngest politician to serve as second-in-command since Richard Nixon, who was also 40 years old when he began the vice presidency in January 1953.
Vance recently moved to X to Share the latest update to his family In Washington, DC
“My children are settling in at the Vice President’s official residence, and I just want to say: Thank you to the American people,” he wrote on the social media platform.
He also wrote: “Even though we don't own this property, it is a beautiful home for our three young children.”
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“We are grateful and will take good care of it.”
The three-story house, built in 1893, sits on a 73-acre lot and is “surrounded by a forest-like environment,” according to Number One Observatory Circle. Its 33 rooms are intended for public and private use.
The Vance family with President Trump during the inauguration ceremonies. Young son Ewan Vance, 7, is shown pecking his parents on the head. (CSPAN)
As they get They settled into their new homeHere's a closer look at the Vance family.
Ewan Blaine Vance, 7 years old
Ewan, the eldest son of the Vice President and the Second Lady, was born on June 5, 2017.
Vice President J.D. Vance and President Donald Trump — and Vance's exhausted son — during inauguration activities earlier this week. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Last February, on the Senate floor, Vance gave an insightful look into his family life, calling his “little 6-year-old” before happily correcting himself — saying his son “isn’t a kid anymore.”
Vivek Vance, 4 years old
The second family welcomed their middle child and second son in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vivek Vance will turn five years old in February.
When Vance took the opportunity to point out his sons on the Senate floor on February 12, 2024, it was his son's second birthday — so the then-senator wished his son a happy birthday by reading Dr. Seuss's famous book, “Oh the Places You'll Go.”
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While the Vance family tends to keep their children out of the political spotlight, the vice president shared a post about his son after the two went to Missouri for… Fishing trip.
Mirabel Rose Vance, 3 years old
The family's youngest child and only daughter, Mirabelle Vance, was born in December 2021.
Mirabelle Vance, just three years old, is one of the youngest children living in the Vice President's Residence. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
The family baby even made a special appearance during one of the Vice President's blooper reels during his race 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 blue bandages 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 wakes up, you know, after a really late night of travel — he wakes up at six in the morning to make sure they are Some elaborate breakfast the next day.”
Vice President J.D. Vance with his daughter, left, and his sons, right. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
“He's just determined to be there for them,” she added.
Presidential families over the years
It's been some time since young children have been seen running around the White House grounds, but many presidents have done so They raised their children In the political spotlight over the decades.
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Here are a few of the presidential babies over the years.
Malia Obama and Sasha Obama
In 2008, when Sasha Obama was seven years old, she became the youngest person to live in the White House since the Kennedy family was the president's official residence.
Malia and Sasha Obama called the White House their home for nearly eight years while their father served in office. (Chip Somodevila/Getty Images)
Malia Obama was just 10 years old when her father was first elected president.
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The Obama sisters spent nearly eight years in the White House, from little girls to young women, joining their father in many of his duties as president — from the annual turkey pardon to… State dinner 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 Bush Srwas elected President of the United States.
Jenna and Barbara Bush spent years in the White House as grandchildren of a president and daughters of a president. (Tim Sloan/AFP via Getty Images)
The residence eventually became the family home in 2000, but the two sisters went to college that same year. Barbara Bush attended Yale University and Jenna Bush remained in Texas as a student at the University of Texas at Austin.
During their time in the White House as grandchildren and stepchildren of presidents, the girls left their mark on history. The twins' handprints can be seen, to this day, in the White House Children's Garden along with the prints of other children of former presidents.
Amy Carter
Amy Carter was only nine years old when she moved into the White House with her parents.
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She is the youngest of the Carter children, and has three older brothers: Jack, James, and Donnell Carter.
Amy Carter was the only one of the Carter children to grow up in the White House. (Catherine Young/Getty Images)
“Her siblings are much older, and it's like she has four daddies, and we had to stand in line to pamper her.” Rosalynn Carter he 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 anniversary in 1978. The youngest Carter hosted the celebration alongside her parents and invited local children with disabilities to participate in the festivities. 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 She was three years old when she moved into the White House with her parents.
Caroline Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr. were the youngest children to call the White House their home. (Ipic/Getty Images)
Caroline Kennedy and 20 other children went to kindergarten in the White House solarium, after Jacqueline Kennedy formed a school in the presidential building.
The school met all District of Columbia regulations and teachers 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 brutal behavior and alleged “unladylike” behavior. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
She shocked the nation with her antics He carries his pet boa constrictor Emily Spinach was named around her neck as she smoked on the roof of the White House as she raced her car up and down the streets of Washington at the age of 17.
She also played poker or stayed up all night with the Vanderbilt family, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
“I broke the mold and then divided it into a million pieces,” said presidential historian W Reagan biographer Craig Shirley He told Fox News Digital.
“She did it intelligently and energetically.”
“Presidential families, especially daughters, were supposed to be quiet, low-key and polite — and she was not one of them.”
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President Teddy Roosevelt told concerned onlookers that he could not control his daughter and run the country simultaneously. “She had no filter and didn’t care,” Shirley said. “And she did it intelligently and energetically.”
Thomas “Tad” Lincoln
The eight-year-old son of Abraham Lincoln is believed to be the creator of a long-standing White House tradition.
Thomas “Tad” Hamilton is believed to be the originator of the ancient tradition of presidential pardons of turkeys. (Henry Gutman Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
In 1863, when President Lincoln was presented with a live turkey His birthday celebrationHis rampaging son, Thomas “Tad” Lincoln, adopted the turkey and named him Jack, in an attempt to prevent the turkey from being killed at the family feast.
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“The boy apparently said the bird had every right to live, and the president surrendered to his son, wrote a deadline for the turkey on a card and handed it to Tad,” Fox News Digital previously reported.
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Maureen Mackey and Angelica Stabile, both of Fox News Digital, contributed reporting.
