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Usha Vance Reflects on Rapid Rise as Second Lady and Family Plans

Her Citizen McCain interview reveals that she is expecting a third child, emphasizing her focus on present responsibilities over future political roles.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance listen during the 44th annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Overview

  • Vance said she learned of her husband’s vice-presidential nomination just five minutes before it was announced and described the abrupt adjustment to life in the national spotlight.
  • She shared aspirations to return to her legal career and live in her Cincinnati home once her family obligations allow.
  • As the first South Asian and Hindu Second Lady, she discussed her interfaith marriage and parenting approach, sending her children to Catholic school while preserving Hindu traditions.
  • Vance emphasized that she is not strategizing future political roles and is concentrating on her current duties as Second Lady.
  • She is advancing her inaugural public project—a children’s reading initiative launched earlier this year to promote youth literacy.