Usha Vance is setting the record straight about her husband JD’s gorgeous lashes, saying she was born with them amid speculation over whether the Republican vice presidential candidate uses eyeliner to highlight his blue eyes.
The 38-year-old wife of Donald Trump’s running mate said in a statement to Puck News that Vance’s lashes are “all natural.” “I’ve always been jealous of those lashes.”
Vance’s piercing blue eyes and good looks have gained increasing attention as he has stepped into the spotlight with the looming presidential election, in part because Trump himself has regularly commented on the 40-year-old Republican’s appearance.
Days before choosing Vance as his running mate, Trump mused on the appearance of his leading contenders.
“He looks like a young Abraham Lincoln,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News Radio early last month, referring to Vance’s beard.
JD Vance’s blue eyes and full lashes on the campaign trail have led to speculation he wears eyeliner, but his wife Usha says they are all natural.
“He’s a very handsome son of a bitch,” Trump once told his inner circle.
But since Vance arrived on the national stage as the former president’s running mate, there has been speculation about whether he wears eyeliner to enhance his deep, hidden blue eyes on the campaign trail and in television interviews as the Ohio lawmaker serves as a fierce defender of Trump.
“Does JD Vance Wear Eyeliner?” read the headline in Slate late last month.
The entire article praised her eyes and discussed in depth the possibility that Vance wore eyeliner. The author concluded that she probably doesn’t.
A search for ‘JD Vance’ and ‘eyeliner’ on X results in a series of tweets questioning whether the Republican vice presidential nominee wears makeup with close-up images of the 40-year-old’s face.
A search on Instagram yields similar results.
Now, the fact that his wife has spoken publicly could help calm the debate swirling online.
JD Vance with his wife Usha at a campaign rally in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, on July 27, after being named Donald Trump’s running mate at the Republican National Convention.
Social media searches for “JD Vance” and “eyeliner” yield a flurry of posts questioning whether the Republican vice presidential nominee wears makeup.
Usha Vance has been on the campaign trail alongside her husband on multiple stops around the country since he was named Trump’s running mate, but has remained largely silent in public aside from a one-on-one interview with Fox News.
But the relatively private mother of three has defended her husband, who has come under scrutiny not only for his image but also after a series of comments he made in the past about childless women came to light. These comments have been strongly rejected.
Vance has defended her husband’s “childless cat lady” comments in 2021. She told Fox News that the way her husband and his comments have been portrayed is “not accurate” and said the criticism is “not the JD I know.”
She brushed off the negative press, saying she has “grown accustomed to it and developed a thick skin.”
Her husband has been chasing Vice President Kamala Harris and new running mate Tim Walz through battleground states as they pitch their new ticket to voters across the country.
