Vice President JD Vance said Monday that he devotes a couple of hours every day to spending time with his wife and kids.
“The thing that I try to do, and maybe this is like good advice for, you know, husbands and fathers, is, I try to take a couple of hours every day and make them as sacred as possible,” he said, according to Fox News. “Yes, if like a war breaks out, then sometimes you have to cancel even the sacred time. But we’ve been pretty good about making sure that I have at least a couple of hours with my family every single day.”
Vance’s remarks came during an interview with Katie Miller on her new show, The Katie Miller Podcast. Miller, the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and a former adviser at DOGE, pressed Vance on balancing work with family.
“And sometimes that means, you know, I’m on the phone until 3 a.m. or sometimes that means I’m back in the White House after I put the kids to bed. But just have that sacred time that you protect, that you tune out the phone, you tune out work, and you just focus on your wife and your kids. And that’s – I think – that’s worked very well for us,” Vance said.
He explained that 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. is typically reserved for dinner and hanging out with his children.
“Usually there’s something going on from 8 to midnight. And if it’s an easy night, you’re done by 10:00. And if it’s a tough night, you’re done at 2:00.”
Vance also shared that he enjoys making breakfast for his kids whenever possible.
“I actually like to make stuff as much as I can because, again, when you’re vice president, you live in a bubble. I try to have as many of these rituals as possible that just remind the kids, ‘I’m still your dad.'”
Miller’s podcast will feature weekly Monday episodes with guests including Mike Tyson and Sage Steele.
“We’re going to do this once a week on Mondays to talk about lifestyle, what’s going on, real honest conversations, none of the bulls—. With people from across the spectrum, whether that be politicians, business leaders, celebrities, musicians, artists, scientists, you name it, we’re going to have it,” she said.
