Who is Usha Vance? JD Vance’s wife is a lawyer and daughter of immigrants

Donald Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance, is married to an Indian American woman with a history of voting in Democratic primaries.

As the spotlight turns to former President Donald Trump’s newly announced vice presidential pick, JD Vance, many are learning for the first time that his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, is an Indian American woman — and the daughter of immigrants. 

Usha Vance is a successful lawyer who grew up in San Diego and met her husband while they were both studying at Yale Law School. They married in 2014 and have three children together: Ewan, 6; Vivek, 4; and Mirabel, 2. 

Public records show Usha Vance voted in Democratic primaries as recently as 2014, but she voted in the 2022 Republican primary when her husband was running.

After she clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, she spent years working at the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, whose diversity initiatives and workplace structure have been described as “woke” and “radically progressive.” 

She has recently informed them she will be leaving her job, the firm told NBC News.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/usha-vance-jd-vance-wife-trump-vp-pick-rcna161988

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