Vice President JD Vance calls Jen Psaki’s remarks about wife Usha ‘shameful’

Vice President JD Vance blasted former White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s “shameful” comments, implying that second lady Usha Vance is afraid of her husband.

“I think it’s shameful, but of course the second lady can speak for herself,” Vance told reporters in Israel on Thursday.

He noted that he was “very lucky to have a wonderful wife” and was honored to have her by his side during his recent trip to Israel.

Psaki made remarks about the second lady during an appearance on the “I’ve Had It” podcast and suggested the vice president is “scarier” than President Donald Trump.

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Vice President JD Vance said MSNBC host Jen Psaki’s remarks about his wife Usha were “shameful.” (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool via Reuters; Al Drago/Reuters)

“I think the little Manchurian candidate, JD Vance, wants to be president more than anything else,” Psaki said. “I always wonder what’s going on in his wife’s mind. Like, are you okay? Please blink four times. We’ll come here. We’ll save you.”

“And that he’s willing to do anything to get there. And your whole iteration that you just described, I mean, he’s scarier in some ways. And he’s young and ambitious and nimble in the sense that he’s a chameleon who does whatever he thinks the audience wants to hear from him,” she added.

Vice President JD Vance said he is focused on being second in command and being a good father to his children. (KENNY HOLSTON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Social media exploded with criticism of Psaki’s remarks as the clip of her podcast appearance went viral.

Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director accused Psaki of “shifting her own personal problems onto others” and said she “must be overcompensating for her lack of talent by saying the wrong things.”

Fox News contributor Joe Concha also weighed in, saying Psaki was “not a good person. At all.”

Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, attend the Commander in Chief’s Ball January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. President Trump attends some of the inaugural balls after being sworn in as the 47th president. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Usha Vance met her husband while attending Yale Law School. The White House notes in its biography of the second lady that she “is an experienced litigator whose work involved complex civil litigation and appeals in a wide variety of industries.” Additionally, she worked under Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and then-Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

In his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” originally published in June 2016, the now vice president called Usha “Yale’s spiritual guide” and said, “In a place that always seemed a little foreign, Usha’s presence made me feel at home.” according to PBS.

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The Vances welcomed their first son, Ewan, in June 2017, according to Popular magazine. Their second son, Vivek, was born in February 2020 and their daughter, Mirabel, was born in December 2021.

Lindsay Kornick of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.