Monday, when Donald Trump announced that he had chosen the new Republican senator from Ohio as his vice-presidential candidate J.D. VanceJD’s life wasn’t the only one to change immediately. Until Monday, in fact, his wife Usha Vance she was described on her law firm’s website as “an experienced civil litigator specializing in complex civil litigation and appeals involving higher education, local government, and technology.” Now? “Page not found».
Now, Usha Vance has a new job: potential “second lady” of the United States. She has in fact decided to support her husband, author of the 2016 best-seller, full-time American Elegywho accepted the invitation to run with Trump (a former president with a criminal record and who has been subjected to two impeachment proceedings and is also the Republican Party’s candidate for president) on the Republican ticket.
Judging from the interview given at the end of June to Fox & FriendsUsha isn’t exactly thrilled about the prospect of a possible future career as second lady of the United States. Interviewed alongside her husband, Usha was succinct and euphemistic: “It’s been an adventure,” she said of JD’s successful Senate bid in 2022.
As for whether she’s ready for her husband to be promoted to vice president and transferred to the Naval Observatory? “I guess I would put it this way: I’m in no rush to change anything in our lives right now,” she said. “But I really believe in J.D. and I love him very much, so we’ll see what happens. We have no preconceptions.”
In the interview, she declined to name any causes she would support as second lady (“I think we’re pushing it a little bit”) nor did she discuss any personal interests, other than her husband and family. “Right now, we’re just thinking about being a family and supporting JD in his current role,” she said.
Usha, whose last name was Chilukuri at the time, met Vance when they were both attending Yale Law School and married him in 2014, the year after they graduated. They currently have three children: Ewan7 years old, Vivekof 4, and Mirabelof 2.
Usha, who is Indian-American, grew up near San Diego. Her parents gave her a Hindu upbringing, and the couple’s Kentucky wedding was interfaith. According to the New York Timeswas registered as a Democratic voter at least until 2014. Other personal information is both scant and generic: the Times she discovered that he played the flute in high school. A classmate said he was “a bookworm.”
In recent years, Vance’s public image has undergone a metamorphosis, from a figurehead of the movement NeverTrump (who once called the former president “the Hitler of America”) as the tycoon’s vice-presidential candidate. In an interview with Newsmax in 2022, before her husband’s senatorial campaign, Usha made a statement that seemed to discount the fickleness of her husband’s opinions: “The JD I knew in law school is the same JD who is with me right now,” she said. “He cares about the same people he cared about then, he has the same values and the same priorities.”
He did not specify what these values and priorities are.
In his best-selling autobiography, Vance wrote that Usha was a catalyst for his growth, who “instinctively understood questions I didn’t even know I needed to ask and always encouraged me to pursue opportunities I didn’t know existed.”
In a 2020 interview with Megyn KellyVance said that Usha had taken on the role in his life that his grandmother, the “Mamaw” of American Elegy.
“I’m one of those people who really benefits from having a kind of authoritative female voice over their left shoulder saying, ‘Don’t do this, do that.’”
Before enrolling at Yale Law School, Usha studied history at Yale and later copyright law at Cambridge University. She later served as an assistant to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John G. Roberts Jr. as well as the associate justice of the Supreme Court Brett M. Kavanaugh.
As her law firm announced Monday, Usha (described by Vance as American Elegy his “Yale spiritual guide”) has resigned from Munger, Tolles & Olson. In a statement, the firm (called a “cool” and “woke” law firm by a 2019 article in The American Lawyer) said he “wishes her all the best in her future career.”
The same article called Usha’s former workplace “radically progressive” because of its family benefits and its focus on racial and gender diversity in hiring and promotions. In June 2024, Vance introduced the “Dismantle DEI Act,” a bill that would cut funding for diversity initiatives and education. “The DEI Agenda [diversità, equità e inclusione] It is a destructive ideology that breeds hatred and racial division,” he said.
In a statement released on Monday to SFGateUsha did not elaborate on her feelings about the future, beyond her focus on her role as a parent.
“In light of today’s news, I have resigned from Munger, Tolles & Olson to focus on caring for our family,” she said. “I will always be grateful for the opportunities I have had at Munger and for the amazing colleagues and friends I have worked with over the years.”
Source: Vanity Fair
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