4 Moments In 2025 That Had Us Sure Usha And JD Vance Were Headed For Divorce

Life in the public eye can be quite daunting. Whether you're seasoned or completely new to a high-profile life, it's a constant balancing act between maintaining the picture-perfect polished life and preserving parts of your life you'd rather keep to yourself. For JD and Usha Vance, that balance seems to become more increasingly difficult to manage in 2025. While the parts the public sees of them are brief and filtered through cameras or headlines, they've been just enough to spark quite the speculation about what might be happening behind the scenes. 

The Vances might be excellent at presenting a united front when they show up to do their jobs, but not every moment is under their control. They're only human, and things are bound to slip when every move outside of their private home can be photographed, recorded, and dissected. It's not surprising there have been countless times people spotted glaring red flags in Usha and J.D. Vance's marriage. It's also what makes it so easy for ordinary moments to be blown out of proportion. And maintaining a healthy marriage, let alone raising three young children, under that kind of constant public scrutiny is no small feat. Which is why it's time to focus on concerning moments of the vice president and second lady that actually carry some weight, the ones that seemed to have a bit more substance than the slightly exaggerated narratives that have surfaced. 

While there have been quite a few times the Vances had divorce rumors flying, nothing says trouble in paradise like forgetting to publicly acknowledge your spouse on a day meant to celebrate mothers. JD Vance's message for Mother's Day in 2025 truly sounded like something a bachelor running for congress might post. A very generic "Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. We love you and are grateful for you!" on X. Not one mention of his wife, the mother to his three children. 

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. We love you and are grateful for you!

— JD Vance (@JDVance) May 11, 2025

What made it worse was the flood of replies that followed, with users going out of their way to mention Usha and celebrating her on what felt like JD's behalf. One user replied, "Thank you, Mr. Vice President. Happy Mother's Day to Usha and your mom." For a man whose public persona relies so heavily on family values, the message felt odd and very impersonal.

Just a month later, Usha dedicated a heartfelt Father's Day post to JD and her father on Instagram, she didn't even forget to tag him. She wrote, "Happy Father's Day to @vp — who's planned his big day around reading books, hunting for insects, building with Legos, and giving baths...We love you, today and every day!" The warmly personal message from Usha only highlighted the contrast. While couples never owe each other some sort of public recognition, in a year full of speculation, a simple message from JD might have gone a long way.

In June 2025, Usha Vance sat down with Meghan McCain for a candid interview on the podcast, "Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain" and spoke about life as the second lady. The interview gave rare insight into the personal side of being married to the vice president of the United States of America, and Vance made it clear it's definitely not a walk in the park. Many of her remarks hinted at the sacrifices and compromises she had to make for the sake of her husband.

This included navigating their differences in religion. Although Usha is not Catholic, her husband converted to catholicism after the birth of their first child, and she agreed to raise their children in the faith. She regularly attends Mass with the family and their children attend catholic schools. Speaking with McCain, Usha looked visibly reflective as she explained how she balances her own beliefs with family obligations while trying to continue to expose her kids to her culture, traditions and religion.

The second lady has always deemed herself a proud Indian-American and a child of immigrants. She had garnered her own successful career and her very own identity, but while speaking with McCain, it was clear that Usha herself was still trying to figure out how to put aside her personal ambitions, manage the demands of a high-profile life, and raise three young children under public watch. 

When word got around that J.D. and Usha Vance and their three children would be spending time in the Cotswolds in August 2025, the idea of a family vacation in an English countryside cottage sounded perfectly wholesome. But when photos from the trip began circulating online, the pictures that emerged didn't exactly say "family getaway." In fact, it might be more accurate to say J.D. looked like he was enjoying a solo retreat. 

Other than the dinner with the U.K.'s Foreign Secretary, David Lammy and his wife that took place on August 8, 2025, Usha was nowhere to be seen. While it's possible the explanation for this is that the second lady wanted a break from the public eye or simply preferred some quiet family time, the optics told a different story. Throughout their stay, Vance was spotted golfing alone and inviting people like Thomas Skinner from "The Apprentice" for barbecues , all while Usha was likely looking after the kids. It left many wondering if this family trip had turned into more of a personal escape for the vice president. 

What only added fuel to the fire was that a popular TikTok personality, @itssuzannelambert, claimed in mid July that a friend who stayed at the same hotel as the couple in Washington D.C., had informed her that J.D. and Usha were caught arguing in public. While it's nearly impossible to know what actually happened behind the scenes, the timeline does make the solo sightings look a little less coincidental. 

In honor of Charlie Kirk, JD Vance hosted a September 2025 episode of "The Charlie Kirk Show" and remembered his friend for the man he was. And honestly? It would have been nice if he had just kept it to that. Instead, he shared his personal conversation with Kirk's widow at his memorial. "She said something to me that I will never forget. My wife was there...And she said to me that Charlie never raised his voice, that he never cussed at her, that he was never cross or mean-spirited to her." Then, he proceeded to admit that, unlike Kirk, he has raised his voice and been unpleasant with his wife, Usha. 

Many couples argue from time to time and people will raise their voices when things get heated. But while this behavior may be considered common, an admission like this from a high-profile politician like Vance who already faces divorce rumors daily, immediately draws two things: bad press and attention for all of the wrong reasons. Oversharing private marital struggles is already a problematic behavior on its own, but doing so on a public forum for millions to see only magnifies the consequences. It has the ability to make the most ordinary disagreements a topic for speculation and hot gossip. For Vance, this kind of candidness highlights just how much his unfiltered speaking style can turn the tiniest things into headlines.