Usha Vance catches herself after nearly falling down with newborn

Second Lady Usha Vance proved to be quite the super mom as she nearly fell down a set up steps but caught herself while carrying her newborn baby in her arms.Vice President JD Vance's wife Usha, 40, was captured losing her balance as she exited...

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October 5, 2026Ghana

By CHRISTINE RENDÓN, US SENIOR REPORTER and LILLIAN GISSEN, US DEPUTY LIFESTYLE EDITOR Updated: 19:43 05 Oct 2026

Second Lady Usha Vance proved to be quite the super mom as she nearly fell down a set of steps but caught herself while carrying her newborn baby in her arms.

Vice President JD Vance’s wife Usha, 40, was captured losing her balance as she stepped off a Marine Two helicopter at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Monday while holding her two-month-old son, Alec, in a carrier around her chest.

Usha, who dressed in a plaid, high-waisted skirt, brown top and knee-high heeled boots, stumbled after she missed a step while exiting the aircraft.

Thankfully, she caught herself, grabbing the railings of the staircase before regaining composure with a smile on her face.

The guards awaiting her at the bottom of the stairs didn’t move during the stumble.

Footage of the moment was shared on X where it went viral, as viewers praised the mom-of-four for handling the moment so gracefully.

‘The way she missed a step, caught herself, appeared to make a joke about it to the officers, all while holding a newborn,’ gushed one user.

Others slammed the men for not helping her when she tripped.

‘Not one person moved to help,’ wrote another viewer.

‘Why did no one help her off? She had a baby with her…’ wondered someone else.

‘None of those men moved an inch to try to help her. Shocking,’ read a fourth post.

A fifth said: ‘And none of those dorks rushed in to help? WTF?’

JD exited the helicopter after her, holding their daughter in his arms.

The couple were escorted from the aircraft to Air Force Two to travel to Alaska for a campaign rally.

Usha and JD welcomed their fourth baby back in July.

‘We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning,’ JD wrote at the time.

‘Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother.’

He went on to thank ‘the incredible military doctors and staff members of Walter Reed Medical Center and the White House Medical Unit,’ describing them as a ‘blessing.’

‘We are deeply thankful for all they have done for our family,’ he added.

The Vice President and Second Lady already share two sons, Ewan, nine, and Vivek, six, and a daughter, four-year-old Mirabel.

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