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Who is Usha Vance, the first Indian-origin woman to become the second lady of the US
The child of Indian parents who migrated to the US from Andhra Pradesh in 1986, Usha Chilukuri Vance was raised in a suburb of San Diego, California.
Donald Trump and his running mate came on stage at midnight at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida and were greeted with thunderous applause by the crowd present there. Moments after his victory speech on Tuesday, Trump praised his running mate JD Vance and his Indian-American wife Usha Chilukuri Vance.
Trump defeated Democratic rival Kamala Harris by a margin of 53 electoral votes. “I want to first congratulate – I can now say JD Vance, the vice president-elect. And his remarkable and beautiful wife Usha Vance,” Trump said, drawing loud applause from the audience.
Who is Usha Vance?
The child of Indian parents who immigrated to the US from Andhra Pradesh in 1986, Usha Chilukuri Vance was raised in a suburb of San Diego, California.
She received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University and a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar.
The future Second Lady of the United States also held editorial roles at the Yale Journal of Law & Technology and The Yale Law Journal, where she served as managing editor and executive development editor, respectively.
Usha met J.D. Vance at Yale Law School and married him in a Hindu ceremony in 2014. Together, they have three children. Throughout J.D. Vance’s political career, Usha has been a supportive partner, often appearing with him during his Ohio Senate campaign. Her insights also contributed to J.D. Vance’s famous memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which sheds light on the struggles of rural America and was later adapted into a film directed by Ron Howard.
She works as a corporate litigator at a San Francisco firm. Her legal career has included clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
