Meet second lady Usha Vance
Usha Vance, wife of JD Vance, speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (© Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Usha Vance, wife of JD Vance, speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (© Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Second lady Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance and the mother of their three children — sons Ewan and Vivek and daughter Mirabel, is an experienced litigator in a variety of industries.
A San Diego native, Usha Vance met her husband while they were attending Yale Law School. She also earned her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge.
She clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts, of the U.S. Supreme Court, and for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, when he was on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before that, she clerked for Judge Amul Thapar, then of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
In her free time, Vance serves as a trustee of the Washington National Opera and has served as secretary of the board of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
This biography is adapted from one on whitehouse.gov.