Usha Vance‘s spokesperson made a rare statement denying speculation that the second first lady is divorcing her husband, Vice President JD Vance.
Split rumors between Usha and JD began to swirl after she didn’t wear her wedding ring during her visit to Camp Lejeune, a military training facility in Jacksonville, NC, on Nov. 19.
Dressed in a burgundy turtleneck dress and matching heels, Usha made the ringless public appearance alongside First Lady Melania Trump.
But according to her spokesperson, Usha, who shares sons Ewan, 8, and Vivek, 5, and daughter Mirabel, 3, wth JD, simply forgot to wear her wedding ring.
“[Usha is] a mother of three young children, who does a lot of dishes, gives lots of baths, and forgets her ring sometimes,” the spokesperson said in a statement to People.
Usha, 39, and JD, 41, tied the knot in 2014 after meeting at Yale Law School.
The recent split rumors were also fueled by JD’s hug with Erika Kirk at a Turning Point USA event last month, which went viral.
Kirk — the widow of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed in September — gave the politician a warm embrace onstage, prompting chatter on social media.
“No one will ever replace my husband. But I do see some similarities of my husband in JD — in Vice President JD Vance. I do,” she also told the crowd.
Erika, 37, previously praised Usha for her support at Charlie’s memorial service.
“She told me, you will get through these 15 minutes and the next 15 minutes after that,” Erika shared of their private conversation. “Usha, I don’t think you realized it then, but those words were exactly what I needed to hear.”
JD also caused controversy in October when he said that he hoped Usha, who was raised in a Hindu family, would eventually convert to his Catholic faith.