JD Vance brushes off speculation about his marriage

Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance attend the posthumous awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, in the Rose Garden on October 14. Mark Schiefelbein/AP/File

Vice President JD Vance said he and second lady Usha Vance are largely amused by the online chatter dissecting their marriage, including a recent spate of headlines over photos of her without a wedding ring.

“I think that we kind of get a kick out of it,” Vance told NBC News in an interview released on Friday. When asked whether he was frustrated by the tabloid-style attention, he said, “With anything in life, you take the good with the bad.”

“(O)ur marriage is as strong as it’s ever been, and I think Usha’s really taken to it, and it’s been kind of cool to see how she’s developed and evol