Jack Schlossberg’s latest stunt began like a clumsy attempt at shock humor and ended as a case study in how quickly legacy, politics, and social media can combust. Announcing, “I’m having a son!!” he framed the moment as joyful, unconventional, even defiant. But the tone shifted sharply when he dragged Vice President J.D. Vance’s wife, Usha, into the spectacle with a doctored image of her cradling a baby bearing his adult face.

The “joke,” he later claimed, was about being “capable of producing a male heir,” a line that only deepened the unease around a man trading on both dynastic privilege and manufactured outrage. Past posts comparing Usha Vance’s looks to Jackie Onassis, calling himself a “literal pervert,” and staging fake romantic images with Usha now read less like satire and more like a pattern. In his own words, provoking disgust and confusion is “the game.” The backlash suggests the public is deciding it no longer wants to play.