Jerome's Latin Vulgate Exposed Part 1: No, the original Latin Vulgate (405AD) did not include Acts 8:37.
Codex Fuldensis (541-546AD), the Latin Vulgate's oldest copy with the Latin Vulgate's oldest readings which is 136-141 years away from the 405AD original Vulgate, does not have Acts 8:37, skips Acts 8:37, and goes from verse 36 straight to verse 38
"36 Et dum irent per uiam- uenerunt ad quandam aquam- Et ait eunuchus- Ecce aqua quis prohibet me baptizari
"38Et iussit stare currum
Et descenderunt uterque in aqua philippus et eunuchusEt baptizauit eum-"
https://archive.org/details/CodexFuldensis/CodexFuldensis/page/354/mode/1up?q=Actos
In 1598, the 1598 Clementine Vulgate included it over 1,100 years after the earliest Latin Vulgate copy did not have Acts 8:37
"37. [Omitted Text]
[Clementine Vulgate 1598] Dixit autem Philippus : Si credis ex toto corde, licet. Et respondens ait : Credo Filium Dei esse Jesum Christum."
https://vulgate.org/nt/gospel/acts_8.htm
So no, Jerome's Latin Vulgate did not have Acts 8:37 close to when it was made originally.
In 1598 was when the Clementine Vulgate that was made in 1598 included Acts 8:37. Ask yourself, why did Jerome's Latin Vulgate not originally contain Acts 8:37?
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