India, June 6 -- Vice President JD Vance stated that the assassination of Charlie Kirk prompted him and First Lady Usha Vance to choose to have a fourth child.

Vance disclosed this information in a passage from his upcoming book, which was acquired by the Wall Street Journal, where he described the 31-year-old Kirk as his "best friend" in the political arena.

"As my wife held Charlie Kirk's widow on the first day of her terrible sorrow, Erika told Usha between sobs that she regretted having only two kids with Charlie," Vance writes.

"For years, I had asked Usha to have another baby, and for years she had told me she was done-especially now that public service had elevated us into the national spotlight. But something changed for Usha, ...