Who is JD Vance's Wife? Meet Usha Chilukuri Vance

Former President Donald Trump has chosen JD Vance, 39, as his Republican Party running mate. If the Trump/Vance duo wins in November, Vance’s wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, would become the second lady of the United States.

Usha Vance has traditionally stayed out of the spotlight, working as a lawyer at a national law firm.

Here’s what we know about her.

How did JD Vance and his wife meet?

Vance and his wife, Usha, 38, have been married since 2014 and have three children: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.

The couple met at Yale Law School, where they both studied, and married a year after graduation.

Where is Usha Vance from?

The New York Times reported that Usha Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants and grew up in the San Francisco area.

What is Usha Vance’s educational background?

Usha Vance holds a BA in history from Yale University, according to her LinkedIn profile. She also holds a MA in philosophy from the University of Cambridge.

While at Yale Law School, she worked on the Yale Law Journal and participated in the school’s Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic, Media Freedom and Access to Information Clinic, Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project and Pro Bono Network, according to her LinkedIn.

Usha Vance served as a law clerk at the United States Supreme Court, clerking for Chief Justice John Roberts, and at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, clerking for Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

What is Usha Vance doing now?

The New York Times reported that Ms. Vance works as an attorney for Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP, a national law firm based in San Francisco. Shortly after Trump’s announcement Monday afternoon, she was not listed among the more than 200 lawyers employed by the firm.

What is Usha Vance’s political position?

According to Ohio voter registration records, Usha Vance registered to vote in Ohio in 2018.

Records show she voted in the Republican primary in the 2022 election. She has not voted in Hamilton County since the 2022 general election, including the 2024 Ohio presidential primary, according to the Hamilton County voter rolls.

J.D. Vance voted in Ohio’s 2024 presidential primary at an early voting center and pulled out a Republican ballot, the Hamilton County voter rolls show. (Ohio primary voters can choose to receive a Democratic, Republican or issue-only ballot.)

Usha Vance’s voting history shows that she voted as a Democrat at least once while living in Connecticut.

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