Usha Chilukuri Vance, The Indian Connection Of Trump's Running Mate JD Vance (image@JDVance1)
JD Vance, the Ohio Republican Senator, was named as nominee for the Republican Vice-presidential post. Vance, who once was a Trump critic, said he had the full support of his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance.
Vance and his Indian-origin wife met at Yale Law School in 2013. The pair worked together to organize a discussion group on the subject of “social decline in white America”, as reported by New York Times.
Vance often referred to his wife as “Yale spirit guide”. The pair got married in 2014, after graduated from the Law School. They have three children, two sons – Ewan and Vivek, and a daughter – Mirabel.
Usha holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MPhil in early modern history from the University of Cambridge.
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Reportedly, during her time at Yale, she served as the executive development editor of the Yale Law Journal and managing editor of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology. She participated in the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic, the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic and the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project.
Usha has been an influential presence during her husband’s political campaigns, including his successful Senate campaigns in 2016 and 2022. She has also been registered to vote as a Republican in Ohio since 2018. Vance has publicly acknowledged her influence, expressing gratitude for her role in shaping his decisions and opportunities.
Notably, Usha is a skilled litigator. She worked at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco and Washington DC first from 2015 to 2017, before serving as a law clerk for the US Supreme Court in 2018. She returned to Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in January 2019.
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Speaking to Fox, Usha said the reason for her to support Vance as, “There are a few different reasons…One is that I grew up in a religious household. My parents are Hindu, and that was one of the things that made them such good parents, that makes them really very good people. And so I think I’ve seen that…the power of that in my own life, and I knew that JD was searching for something. This just felt right for him”.
“I don’t think people understand how hard he works and how creative he is. Everything he says and does is built on a foundation of so much thought. He’s always trying to do better”, she said.
It is believed that, with her impressive career experience, Usha posses potential to create history by entering the White House if her husband is elected and assumes the role of vice presidency
