Donald Trump has claimed victory in the 2024 US presidential elections by defeating his Democrat opposition Kamala Harris.
Donald trump has praised his running mate JD Vance and his wife Usha. He said, “I want to be the first one to congratulate. Now I can say Vice President-elect JD Vance. And his remarkable and beautiful wife, Usha Vance.”
In July, Trump had announced JD Vance as the Vice President on Truth Social. His post read, “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance from the Great State of Ohio.”
Who is Usha Chilukuri?
Usha Chilukuri Vance is a 38-year-old American lawyer. Usha’s ancestral home is in a village named Vadluru in Andhra Pradesh. She is the wife of JD Vance, Ohio's junior United States Senator and Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 United States presidential election.
She was born in San Diego to Indian immigrant parents. She completed her graduation from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in history and from Yale Law School with a Juris Doctor degree. Following this, she served as a law clerk for multiple federal judges including Chief Justice John Roberts, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Judge Amul Thapar. She can become the US Second Lady and the first is not white.
Her parents are from the Telugu Brahmin community of the West Godavari and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. Her paternal ancestry can be traced in Saipuram in Vuyyuru Mandal of Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. Later on, one of the branches of the family shifted to Vadluru near Tanuku in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Her mother, Lakshmi, is from Pamarru in Krishna district.
She married JD Vance in 2014 in Kentucky. The couple had an interfaith marriage ceremony where her husband's friend Jamil Jivani read from the Bible and a Hindu pandit blessed the them. The couple has three children. In the Hillbilly Elegy film released in 2020 about the life of her husband, her role was by actress Freida Pinto. She had delivered the introductory address for her husband at the 2024 Republican National Convention. She is often seen traveling with him for his campaign events.