Usha Vance finally put rumors to rest when she opened up about her marriage to Vice President JD Vance in a rare interview. The Second Lady has been at the center of divorce speculations since her husband was spotted hugging Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Vance, without his wedding ring. Usha has famously kept herself and her children largely out of the limelight since her family moved to Number One Observatory Circle. But after the recent negative press, she defended her relationship, claiming the ordeal has turned into “a family joke.” “I find that one of the really curious things about this life is that people really like to read the tea leaves,” she told USA Today in an interview published on Dec. 13. “And there’s a kind of an industry building stories about everything that they can imagine.” “I’d rather just sort of live in my marriage and in the real world and less in kind of the fever dreams that surround it,” she added. “So I mean, it is kind of a family joke. But also not something that I spend very much time thinking about.” Usha Vance Says ‘There Are Things That I Miss’ About Her Old Life Of course, JD’s recent appearance without his ring wasn’t the first time he and Usha fell into the “Ringgate” scandal. The couple had their first round when Usha was seen without her ring after JD said he hoped that Usha, who was raised in a Hindi family, would one day convert to Catholicism. At the time, Usha briefly commented about the situation to People, saying, “A mother of three young children, who does a lot of dishes, gives lots of baths, and forgets her ring sometimes.” “I wear it when I wear it, and I don’t when I don’t,” she noted while speaking to USA Today. “…Sometimes I’m wearing it, and sometimes I’ve just been to the gym and showered, and I’m not wearing it.” Overall, Usha Vance admitted that being married to the Vice President of the United States isn’t always fun and glamorous. And the former litigator sometimes misses parts of her old life. But she’s also “excited to have moved on from” other parts and is happily following her husband as he continues with his political aspirations. This story’s featured image is by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.