Second Lady Usha Vance Almost Falls Down Steps Of Marine Two While Holding Her Baby

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.

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Second Lady Usha Vance briefly slipped while stepping off Marine Two with her infant son, Alec Neel Vance, at Joint Base Andrews as she and the vice president traveled to Alaska to campaign for Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. pic.twitter.com/X3MS6MnyRj

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Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Monday that the U.S. Senate race in Alaska is competitive, despite President Donald Trump winning the state by 13 percentage points in 2024.

Vance made the comments before departing for Alaska to campaign for two-term incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-AK).

“It’s just a reality of the politics of the state,” Vance said when asked about the competitiveness of the state. “They obviously have the kind of weird ranked choice voting system that I don’t fully understand, but you know, I think that whether this was going to be a blue wave or a red wave year, you’re going to have a competitive Senate race in Alaska. That’s been true historically, and I suspect it’s going to be true this year too.”

Sullivan is seeking reelection against not just the Democratic nominee, former Rep. Mary Peltola, but also two other Republicans: Dan J. Sullivan and Gerald Heikes. The top four candidates from the nonpartisan primary run against each other in the general election.

Sullivan, the incumbent senator, won a second term in 2020 by 13 points, but is, on average, in a statistical tie with Peltola this year, according to RealClearPolitics.

On Monday, Vance was also pressed on whether Alaskan voters could be certain the Alaska liquefied natural gas project that Trump announced last week would happen after South Korea disputed the president’s claim that it has committed to spending $200 billion on U.S. energy infrastructure projects.

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.@VP departs for Alaska: "Usha and a couple of the kids are joining. This is Usha's 50th state, which is why we are bringing a nine-week-old baby on a 7.5-hour flight to Alaska — so if I give a speech tonight and I look haggard and stressed out, that's exactly why."

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