Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance wrote in his memoir that he “couldn’t do it without Usha,” his wife.
It’s hard to overstate how instrumental and influential Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of GOP vice presidential nominee , has been in helping shape Vance into the man he is today, according to his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” Now that Vance is the GOP nominee for vice president, she could become the second lady of the United States.
Vance met Usha Chilukuri when they were both students at Yale Law School. The daughter of Indian immigrants to the U.S. who were also professors, she was born in San Diego, California, and attended Yale University for undergad as well. When Vance learned she was single, he immediately asked her out, he said in his book “Hillbilly Elegy.” After a single date, Vance said he told her he was in love with her. They eventually married in 2014. How Usha influenced who JD is today
Vance, who grew up around poverty, addiction, violence and broken families, wrote that he experienced culture shock when he was thrust into the so-called “elite” culture of Yale Law. Law school was filled with cocktail hours and dinners where he didn’t know anything about wine beyond “white” and “red”, tasted sparkling water for the first time and didn’t know which piece of silverware to use for which dish.
“Go from outside to inside, and don’t use the same utensil for separate dishes”, Usha told him when Vance excused himself to call her from the restroom at one such event, according to his book.
