Sen. J.D. Vance's wife, Usha Vance, revealed how she deals with negative press coverage about her and the Vance family after her husband was chosen as Donald Trump's running mate during an exclusive interview with “Fox & Friends.”
“That can be tough. And, you know, sometimes I don't see it all, and sometimes I see it and I look at it and I think, well, this is not the JD that I know, this is not accurate. And other times it can encompass discussions or thoughts about what we should do next or how we should live. But I think we've been doing this for a while, and I've gotten used to it and I've gotten a little tougher. So I try not to let it affect the way that I live,” Vance told Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt in an interview that airs Monday.
Trump chose the Ohio senator as his running mate last month. Vance has been the subject of intense negative coverage in the weeks since and has a negative net favorability rating.
Vance also said he received a lot of good advice from his friends on how to deal with the press.
JD Vance's wife, Usha Vance, sat down with Fox & Friends for an exclusive interview. (Fox News)
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“A really good piece of advice I was given was not to read too much into the news, not to bury my head in the sand or anything like that. JD is out there, talking about all kinds of things, thinking all kinds of things and I think he deserves to have someone in his life who will hear things directly from him and not just what other people say about him all the time. And I think that really helps,” she said.
Earhardt also asked about Vance's comments about “childless women who have cats” in 2021, which have come under heavy criticism and been portrayed as attacks on all women who do not have children. Senator Vance has said he was taken out of context.
“I took a moment to really analyze and look at what he had said and try to understand what the context was and all that, which is something I really wish people would do a little bit more often. And the reality is that he made a joke to make a point that he wanted to make and it was substantive and had real meaning,” Usha Vance said of the comments.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a campaign event in Glendale, Ariz., Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Asked what she would say to someone who was offended by her husband's comments, Usha told Earhardt that her husband “would never, ever, ever want to say anything that would hurt someone who was trying to have a family, who was really struggling with that.”
“He made that clear at the time and he continues to make that clear today. And we have many friends who have been in that position. It's a challenge and never, ever something that anyone wants to make fun of or scoff at, and I also understand that there are many other reasons why people might choose not to have families, and many of those reasons are very good ones,” she added.
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Usha and JD Vance got married in 2014 and have three children.
