Updated November 6, 2024 at 6:02 p.m.
Who is Usha Vance, the wife of JD Vance, future vice president of the United States? – ©TNS/ABACA
Future vice-president of the United States, JD Vance shares his life with Usha Vance, his wife since 2014.
By naming him his running mate last July, Donald Trump propelled JD Vance to the forefront. And for good reason. With their victory in the American presidential election on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the Republican senator from Ohio will officially become vice-president of the United States next January. Certain media exposure, which his wife Usha Vance will also experience.
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Usha Vance, lawyer and pillar of JD Vance
“I don't think I'm ready to change anything in our lives right now, but I really believe in JD and I love him, so we'll see what happens in our lives. We are open,” she said on the show “Fox & Friends” last June. It must be said that before becoming the future second lady of the United States, Usha Vance flourished as a lawyer in the firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, before finally announcing her resignation after her husband's appointment as as running mate. “In light of today's news, I have resigned from my position at Munger, Tolles & Olson to fully care for my family,” she said at the time. Usha Vance, a pillar for JD Vance?
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Usha Vance, born Usha Chilukuri, met her husband in 2013 at Yale Law School in Connecticut. Born in San Diego, California, the Indian-born lawyer married JD Vance in 2014, after her graduation. “People don’t realize how brilliant she is,” the future vice-president of Donald Trump confided in 2020. Together, the two spouses then gave birth to three children: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.
