Usha Vance, the wife of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, gained national attention Monday when former President Donald Trump selected her husband as his running mate.
Born in 1986, Usha Vance (née Chilukuri) grew up in San Diego, California, and attended Yale Law School, where she met the future Ohio senator, according to a New York Times report.
“We were friends, and I liked that he was such a hard worker,” she told NBC News in a 2017 interview about when she met her husband. “He showed up to my 9 a.m. appointment, and we started working together.”
Trump nominates Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance for 2024 presidential run
Sen. J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha Chirukuri Vance, watch as he is nominated for vice president during the first day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“What I remember most about Usha is how outspoken and confident she was,” the Ohio senator said of his wife in an interview. “She was very protective about the things she really cared about.”
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Vance earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University and a master’s degree in philosophy from Cambridge University.
The couple married in 2014 and have three children together: sons Ewan, 6, and Vivek, 4, and daughter Mirabelle, 2.
A Yale University graduate, Vance served in several roles, including as a clerical assistant to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Axios reported.
Ohio Senator and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, address attendees on the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
Fox News reported that Burgum and Rubio were informed that they would not be nominated as vice presidential candidates before Vance’s announcement.
She later worked at Munger, Torres & Olson, a California law firm that she described as having a “highly progressive” culture, according to the report.
Vance also defended the University of California against allegations that it violated Title IX. The Walt Disney Company For claims of copyright infringement.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) kisses his wife, Usha Chirukuri Vance, at the Republican National Convention, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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The wife and mother of three has long expressed skepticism about her husband becoming Trump’s running mate, telling Fox News last month that such a decision would be life-changing for their marriage.
“I wouldn’t change anything about our life right now,” she said, but expressed an openness to whatever happens.
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