Usha Vance

{{Short description|Second Lady of the United States since 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Usha Vance

| image = Usha Vance, official portrait (2025) (3x4 cropped).jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2025

| office = Second Lady of the United States

| term_label = Assumed role

| predecessor = Doug Emhoff
(as Second Gentleman)

| birth_name = Usha Bala Chilukuri

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1986|01|06}}

| birth_place = San Diego County, California, U.S.

| education = Yale University (BA, JD)
Clare College, Cambridge (MPhil)

| party = Republican (since 2022)

| spouse = {{marriage|JD Vance|2014}}

| children = 3

| residence = Number One Observatory Circle

| otherparty = {{ubl|Democratic (until 2014)|Independent (2014–2022){{cite web |title=Usha Vance's Ohio Voter Registration|url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/81433262/usha-vance|access-date=20 January 2025|website=VoterRecords.com}}}}

| vicepresident = JD Vance

| term_start = January 20, 2025

| country = United States of America

}}

Usha Bala Chilukuri Vance (née Chilukuri; born January 6, 1986) is an American lawyer who has been the second lady of the United States since 2025, being married to Vice President JD Vance. A former trial lawyer, she has clerked with justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. She is the first Indian American second lady.

Vance was born in San Diego County, California, to Telugu Indian immigrant parents and raised in an upper-middle-class suburb. She graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in history and from Yale Law School with a Juris Doctor degree. After law school, she served as a law clerk for several senior federal judges, including Chief Justice John Roberts, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, and Judge Amul Thapar.

In 2019, Vance was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, and she subsequently worked for a law firm handling civil litigation and appeals in cases involving higher education, local government, entertainment, and technology. She resigned from her law firm job in July 2024. At the 2024 Republican National Convention, Vance delivered the introductory address for her husband, JD Vance. She often traveled with him to his vice-presidential campaign events, occasionally appearing onstage. The couple has three children.

Early life and education

Usha Bala Chilukuri{{Efn|Usha Vance's family originates from Telugu speaking areas of India; in Telugu names the family name is usually put before the given name.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P6UfAAAAMAAJ&q=reverse|title=Telugu Personal Names|date=1964|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|pages=5|language=en}} Her name in Telugu order would be "Chilukuri Usha", and several relatives of hers have their names customarily in Telugu order.}} was born on January 6, 1986{{cite news |last=McGowan |first=Elisabeth |date=January 20, 2025 |title=How Old Is J.D. Vance's Wife? Usha Vance's Age Now |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/usha-vance-age-5363888/ |accessdate=January 21, 2025 |website=Hollywood Life}} in a suburb of San Diego County, California,{{Cite web |title=Who is Usha Vance, lawyer and wife of Trump's VP pick?|last=Sheerin |first=Jude |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c897483zpyeo |date=July 17, 2024 |access-date=July 29, 2024 |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB |quote=Mrs Vance, 38,... née Chilukuri, the child of Indian immigrants – was born and raised in the suburbs of San Diego, California. |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716121816/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c897483zpyeo |url-status=live }} to Lakshmi (née Yechuri) and Radhakrishna "Krish" Chilukuri,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a63459579/who-are-usha-vance-parents-krish-lakshmi-chilukuri/|title=Meet Usha Vance's Parents, Krish and Lakshmi Chilukuri|magazine=Town & Country|first=Emily|last=Burack|date=January 20, 2025|access-date=March 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250301101827/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a63459579/who-are-usha-vance-parents-krish-lakshmi-chilukuri/|archive-date=March 1, 2025|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |date=2025-01-21 |title=Usha Vance parents Krish and Lakshmi Chilukuri: Ivy League brains behind the new Second Lady of US |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/usha-vance-parents-krish-and-lakshmi-chilukuri-the-ivy-league-brains-behind-the-new-second-lady-of-us/articleshow/117424321.cms |access-date=2025-01-28 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} both Telugu Indian immigrants{{Cite web|title=Who is Usha Vance, JD Vance's wife who influenced who he is today?|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usha-vance-jd-vance-wife-gop-vp-nominee/|access-date=July 16, 2024|publisher=CBS|date=July 16, 2024|language=en-US|quote="The daughter of Indian immigrants to the U.S. who were also professors, she was born in San Diego"|archive-date=July 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716172455/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usha-vance-jd-vance-wife-gop-vp-nominee/|url-status=live}} who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s{{Cite web |last=Akula |first=Amaraiah |date=July 20, 2024 |title=Usha Vance: Telugu population in US enthused about Second Lady in waiting |url=https://thefederal.com/category/international/usha-chilukuri-vance-everything-you-need-to-know-about-americas-potential-second-lady-134251 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720114935/https://thefederal.com/category/international/usha-chilukuri-vance-everything-you-need-to-know-about-americas-potential-second-lady-134251 |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024 |website=The Federal |language=en |quote="Her parents, Telugu Brahmins from Saipuram near Pamarru in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, migrated from India in the 1980s"}} from Andhra Pradesh.{{Cite web |date=July 18, 2024 |script-title=te:అమెరికా ఉపాధ్యక్ష అభ్యర్థి వాన్స్‌ సతీమణి ఉష చిలుకూరి – ఈమె ఫ్యామిలీ గురించి తెలుసా? |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/te/snippets/!state/us-republican-party-vice-president-candidate-jd-vance-wife-usha-chilukuri-family-in-andhra-pradesh-tgs24071802675 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720133339/https://www.etvbharat.com/te/snippets/!state/us-republican-party-vice-president-candidate-jd-vance-wife-usha-chilukuri-family-in-andhra-pradesh-tgs24071802675 |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 19, 2024 |website=ETV Bharat |language=te}}{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2024 |title=ట్రంప్ గెలిస్తే తెలుగమ్మాయే మిసెస్ వైస్ ప్రెసిడెంట్ |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/women/if-trump-wins-telugu-woman-will-be-the-vice-president/6204/124131530 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717041453/https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/women/if-trump-wins-telugu-woman-will-be-the-vice-president/6204/124131530 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Eenadu |language=te}} Her father is a mechanical engineer from IIT Madras and a lecturer at San Diego State University,{{Cite news |last=Gopal |first=B. Madhu |date=July 18, 2024 |title=Usha Chilukuri, Potential Second Lady of U.S., has a close Vizag connection |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/usha-chilukuri-potential-second-lady-of-us-has-a-close-vizag-connection/article68419084.ece |access-date=July 19, 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719013253/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/usha-chilukuri-potential-second-lady-of-us-has-a-close-vizag-connection/article68419084.ece |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Usha Vance, wife of vice presidential nominee JD Vance, has roots in San Diego |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/19/usha-vance-wife-of-vice-presidential-nominee-jd-vance-has-roots-in-san-diego/ |date=July 21, 2024 |access-date=July 29, 2024 |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US |quote="Usha Chilukuri Vance graduated Mt. Carmel High School in 2004. Her parents hold prominent positions in San Diego’s academic world." |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803174853/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/19/usha-vance-wife-of-vice-presidential-nominee-jd-vance-has-roots-in-san-diego/ |url-status=live }} and her mother is a molecular biologist and provost at the University of California, San Diego.{{cite web |title=Lakshmi Chilukuri |url=https://www.scup.org/bio/lakshmi-chilukuri/ |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=Society for College and University Planning |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803174900/https://www.scup.org/bio/lakshmi-chilukuri/ |url-status=live }} She was raised in San Diego's upper-middle-class Rancho Peñasquitos neighborhood.{{cite web |last1=Bhatia |first1=Shireen |title=Ohio Senator JD Vance reveals Hindu wife's support for his Christian faith |url=https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/ohio-senator-jd-vance-reveals-hindu-wifes-support-for-his-christian-faith.html |access-date=July 16, 2024 |publisher=Christian Today |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717164909/https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/ohio-senator-jd-vance-reveals-hindu-wifes-support-for-his-christian-faith.html |url-status=live }}

In 2003, Vance graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, where she performed on flute in the marching band.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=David |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Who is Usha Vance, the Indian American lawyer married to JD Vance? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/who-is-usha-vance-jd-vance-wife |access-date=July 17, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803174855/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/who-is-usha-vance-jd-vance-wife |url-status=live }} She has one sister, Shreya.{{cite web |date=July 20, 2024 |title=Indian Americans Become a Political Force, Just as Usha Vance's Profile Rises |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/usha-vance-indian-americans-politics.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=July 20, 2024 |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803174856/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/usha-vance-indian-americans-politics.html |url-status=live }} Childhood friends described her as a "leader" and a "bookworm". She attended Yale University, graduating summa cum laude in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in history, with membership in Phi Beta Kappa.{{cite web|title=Yale Phi Beta Kappa|url=https://pbk.yalecollege.yale.edu/members/senior-inductees#2007-2nd|magazine=Yale College|access-date=September 5, 2024|quote=Class of 2007 – Second Election of the Class of 2007: Usha Bala Chilukuri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908032112/https://pbk.yalecollege.yale.edu/members/senior-inductees#2007-2nd|archive-date=September 8, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=

Ten Yale-China Teaching Fellows to begin appointments this summer|url=http://archives.news.yale.edu/v35.n29/story26.html|magazine=Yale Bulletin & Calendar|date=May 25, 2007|access-date=September 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929060016/http://archives.news.yale.edu/v35.n29/story26.html|archive-date=September 29, 2024|url-status=live}} During her time at Yale, Vance volunteered in local elementary schools, served as a Girl Scouts troop leader, and became the editor-in-chief of Our Education, an education policy publication. After graduating, she taught English and American history as a Yale–China Teaching Fellow at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. Vance then attended Clare College, Cambridge, in England, as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, receiving a Master of Philosophy in early modern history in 2010.{{cite web |title=Gates Cambridge Scholars 2009 |url=https://www.gatescambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gates_2009_0.pdf |publisher=Gates Cambridge |access-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717024737/https://www.gatescambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gates_2009_0.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Riley-Smith |first=Ben |date=2025-01-25 |title=Revealed: The Left-wing Cambridge days of America's new second lady |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/25/usha-vance-cambridge-university-gates-scholarship-history/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235|archive-date=March 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250301115549/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/25/usha-vance-cambridge-university-gates-scholarship-history/|url-status=live}}

In 2013, Vance obtained her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, where she was the executive development editor of the Yale Law Journal, managing editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology, and an editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review.{{cite web |url=https://www.yalelawjournal.org/masthead/volume-122 |title=Volume 122 Masthead |date=October 2012 |website=The Yale Law Journal |access-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-date=May 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529194515/https://www.yalelawjournal.org/masthead/volume-122 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Sarnoff |first1=Leah |last2=Faulders |first2=Katherine |title=Who is Usha Vance? JD Vance's wife leaves law firm after Trump VP announcement |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/usha-vance-jd-vances-wife-leaves-law-firm/story?id=111969572 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716123319/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/usha-vance-jd-vances-wife-leaves-law-firm/story?id=111969572 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Meet Usha Chilukuri Vance: Trump VP pick's Indian-origin wife, litigator, Yale graduate |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/meet-usha-chilukur-vance-trump-vp-picks-indian-origin-wife-litigator-yale-graduate/slideshow/111777368.cms |work=The Economic Times|access-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716123321/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/defaultinterstitial.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Yale Law & Policy Review Volume 29.2 Masthead |url=https://yalelawandpolicy.org/sites/default/files/mastheads/volume_29_number_2_masthead.pdf|website=Yale Law & Policy Review|archive-date=March 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321084631/https://yalelawandpolicy.org/sites/default/files/mastheads/volume_29_number_2_masthead.pdf|url-status=live}} During her time at Yale Law, she participated in the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic, the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, and the Pro Bono Network.{{cite web|title=Who Is J.D. Vance's Wife? All About Usha Chilukuri Vance|first=Kelsie|last=Gibson|url=https://people.com/who-is-usha-vance-jd-vance-8678160|magazine=People|access-date=August 3, 2024|archive-date=August 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802082350/https://people.com/who-is-usha-vance-jd-vance-8678160|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Who is JD Vance's wife? Here's what we know about Usha Chilukuri Vance|first=Bethany|last=Bruner|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/15/usha-chilukuri-vance-j-d-vances-wife-vice-president-donald-trump-republicanfuture-second-lady-meet/74414719007/|magazine=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=September 5, 2024|date=July 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908032320/https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/15/usha-chilukuri-vance-j-d-vances-wife-vice-president-donald-trump-republicanfuture-second-lady-meet/74414719007/|archive-date=September 8, 2024|url-status=live}} Her husband has called her "brilliant" and "way more accomplished than I am".{{Cite web |last=McCloud |first=Cheryl |title=Who is Usha Vance? Meet the soon-to-be second lady of the US |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/20/usha-chilukuri-vance-wife-vice-president-jd-vance-what-to-know/77693972007/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=The Palm Beach Post |language=en-US}}

Career

Vance served as a law clerk for Judge Amul Thapar of the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2013 to 2014, Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2014 to 2015, and Chief Justice John Roberts from 2017 to 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/27/usha-vance-trump-jan6 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2024-07-27 |title=Usha Vance told friends Trump appalled her. Now she's working to elect him. |first1=Peter |last1=Jamison |first2=Beth |last2=Reinhard |first3=Hannah |last3=Natanson |first4=Nicole |last4=Markus |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240727170703/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/27/usha-vance-trump-jan6/ |archive-date=27 July 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |last1=Mehrotra |first1=Kriti |title=Where Are J.D Vance's Wife and Children Now? |date=November 24, 2020 |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-j-d-vances-wife-and-kids-now/ |publisher=The Cinemaholic |access-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715194216/https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-j-d-vances-wife-and-kids-now/ |url-status=live }} During her clerkship at the Supreme Court, she was assigned to work on Azar v. Garza, a case regarding a juvenile undocumented immigrant in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who sought to have an abortion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecut.com/article/usha-vance-trump-jd-vance-interview.html|title=What Is Usha Vance Thinking? The veep candidate's wife is the child of immigrants, a former Democrat, a highly skilled lawyer — and a total mystery.|first=Irin|last=Carmon|date=October 24, 2024|newspaper=The Cut|access-date=November 13, 2024|archive-date=October 26, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241026022943/https://www.thecut.com/article/usha-vance-trump-jd-vance-interview.html|url-status=live|quote=One of the cases she was assigned to involved whether the Trump administration could force a minor in immigration detention to stay pregnant against her will, a case Kavanaugh had ruled on in the lower court, when it was truly consequential. He’d sought to prevent her abortion by running out the clock. By the time the case got to the Supreme Court, the minor had managed to get an abortion, and the justices put forth an unsigned opinion with no dissents, declining to sanction the minor’s attorney.}}

Vance worked for the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson for its San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices as an associate for almost six years, handling civil litigation and appeals in cases involving higher education, local government, entertainment and technology, until July 2024, when she resigned "to focus on caring for our family".{{cite web|title=Who is Usha Vance? Everything we know about JD Vance's wife and the future second lady of the U.S.|first=Alex|last=Portée|url=https://www.today.com/news/usha-vance-jd-vance-wife-rcna178982|magazine=Today|date=November 6, 2024|access-date=November 6, 2024|archive-date=November 13, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113022718/https://www.today.com/news/usha-vance-jd-vance-wife-rcna178982|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Usha C. Vance|url=https://www.mto.com/web/20240626214948/https://www.mto.com/lawyers/usha-c-vance/|website=Munger, Tolles & Olson|access-date=November 13, 2024|archive-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626214948/https://www.mto.com/lawyers/usha-c-vance/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=J.D. Vance's Wife Usha Resigns from Powerful Law Job After His VP Nomination, to 'Focus on Caring for Our Family'|first=Gabrielle|last=Rockson|url=https://people.com/jd-vance-wife-usha-vance-resigns-from-law-job-vp-nomination-8678690|magazine=People|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925005854/https://people.com/jd-vance-wife-usha-vance-resigns-from-law-job-vp-nomination-8678690|url-status=live}} Among her clients were the Paramount Pictures, Regents of the University of California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and a division of The Walt Disney Company.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/jd-and-usha-vance-amy-chua-yale-law-school|title=What JD and Usha Vance Learned From Their "Tiger Mom" at Yale Law School|first=Erin|last=Vanderhoof|date=November 1, 2024|newspaper=Vanity Fair|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-date=November 13, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113012339/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/jd-and-usha-vance-amy-chua-yale-law-school?srsltid=AfmBOoq9_MBnEfVuTR4zlpezRN6w-Rmrt-aJrfmRLhq4FRNcL3yX9PH-|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Monnay |first=Tatyana |date=July 15, 2024 |title=JD Vance's Lawyer Wife Will Leave Her Role at Prominent Firm |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/vance-vp-pick-prompts-career-questions-for-his-trial-lawyer-wife |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=Bloomberg Law |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240716023832/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/vance-vp-pick-prompts-career-questions-for-his-trial-lawyer-wife|url-status=live}} Vance previously worked as a summer associate at Williams & Connolly, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, and Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz.{{cite web|date=July 15, 2024|title=Usha Vance Leaves Munger Tolles as Trump Picks JD Vance for Running Mate|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2024/07/15/httpswww-law-comnationallawjournal20240715usha-vance-leaves-munger-tolles/?slreturn=20241007-45020|website=National Law Journal|access-date=October 7, 2024|archive-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241007045920/https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2024/07/15/httpswww-law-comnationallawjournal20240715usha-vance-leaves-munger-tolles/|url-status=live}} She was admitted to the District of Columbia, California and Ohio bar.{{cite web|date=July 16, 2024|title=Usha Chilukuri Vance: Biography of JD Vance's Wife|first=Neelima|last=Eaty|url=https://hyderabadmail.com/usha-chilukuri-vance-biography/|magazine=Hyderabad Mail|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925042622/https://hyderabadmail.com/usha-chilukuri-vance-biography/|url-status=live}}

Second Lady of the United States (2025–present)

At the Republican National Convention in July 2024, Usha Vance delivered the introductory address for her husband, JD Vance.{{cite news |last1=Coster |first1=Helen |title=Usha Vance, wife of Trump's VP pick, takes stage at Republican convention |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usha-vance-wife-trumps-vp-pick-takes-stage-republican-convention-2024-07-18/ |work=Reuters |access-date=July 19, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=BeMiller |first1=Haley |first2=Brianne |last2=Pfannenstiel |title=Usha Vance steps into the Republican spotlight to wide praise – and a few racist sneers |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/18/usha-vance-steps-into-spotlight-at-republican-national-convention/74447376007/ |work=USA Today |access-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718221727/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/18/usha-vance-steps-into-spotlight-at-republican-national-convention/74447376007/ |url-status=live }} Since then, she has been an advisor to her husband, and often travels with him to campaign events, occasionally appearing onstage with him. According to some sources, she helped her husband prepare for the 2024 vice-presidential debate.{{Cite web| title=Vance and Walz lean on their wives in different ways on the trail — and ahead of the VP debate|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/vance-walz-lean-wives-different-ways-trail-ahead-vp-debate-rcna173045| date=September 30, 2024 |access-date=October 12, 2024| website=NBC |language=en-US | quote="Usha Vance has acted more as a behind-the-scenes adviser"}} JD Vance was declared the winner of the debate by several columnists, including some from The New York Times,{{Cite news |last=Douthat |first=Ross |title=Vance's Dominant Debate Performance Shows Why He's Trump's Running Mate |website=The New York Times |date=October 2, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/opinion/vance-winning-debate.html |access-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002022305/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/opinion/vance-winning-debate.html |url-status=live }} The Wall Street Journal,{{Cite news |title=Who Won the Vice-Presidential Debate, Tim Walz or JD Vance? |url=https://www.wsj.com/opinion/who-won-the-vice-presidential-debate-tim-walz-or-jd-vance-5356d4e4 |date=October 2, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal}} and Los Angeles Times.{{Cite news |last=Jennings |first=Scott |title=Opinion: JD Vance won the debate with Tim Walz, hands down |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-10-01/vice-president-debate-jd-vance-tim-walz |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 2, 2024 |access-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002105239/https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-10-01/vice-president-debate-jd-vance-tim-walz |url-status=live }} Usha Vance also received some credit for her husband's debate performance.{{Cite web| title='Everyone go thank Usha': Viral post credits JD Vance's 'Indian wife' for his impressive debate performance|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/everyone-go-thank-usha-viral-post-credits-jd-vances-indian-wife-for-his-impressive-debate-performance/articleshow/113902440.cms| date=September 30, 2024 |access-date=October 12, 2024| work=The Times of India|language=en-US | quote="Usha Vance has acted more as a behind-the-scenes adviser"}}

File:Vice President JD Vance is sworn in (01).jpg

In November 2024, as JD Vance became the vice president-elect of the United States, Usha Vance assumed the role of Second Lady of the United States Designate.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-06 |title=Who is Usha Vance? The Indian-origin woman behind the US vice president-elect |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/usha-vance-wife-of-next-us-vice-president-jd-vance-1.10053688 |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}} In January 2025, she became the first Indian American, first Telugu, and first Hindu Second Lady, while in a broader classification also being the first Asian American in this role.{{cite web |last=Deliso |first=Meredith |publisher=ABC News |date=November 6, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/usha-vance-set-become-second-lady/story?id=115121983 |title=JD Vance's wife, Usha Vance, set to become history-making second lady }}{{Cite web |title=Who Is Usha Chilukuri Vance, Set to Become First Indian-Origin Second Lady Of US? |url=https://www.news18.com/world/who-is-usha-chilukuri-vance-set-to-become-first-india-origin-second-lady-of-us-9111114.html |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=News18 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-06 |title=Usha Chilukuri Vance to become first Telugu-origin US Second Lady |url=https://telanganatoday.com/usha-chilukuri-vance-to-become-first-telugu-origin-us-second-lady |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Telangana Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-06 |title=Who is Usha Chilukuri Vance, first Hindu second lady of US |url=https://www.wionews.com/us-elections/who-is-usha-chilukuri-vance-first-hindu-second-lady-of-us-773938 |access-date=2024-11-07 |publisher=WION |language=en-us}}

Several political analysts have noted that Vance has played a key role in her husband's political career.{{Cite web|title=Who is Usha Vance? Here's what to know about the incoming second lady |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/19/who-is-usha-vance/77744211007/ | date=January 21, 2025 |access-date=January 31, 2025 | website=USA Today |language=en-UK | quote="the 39-year-old has played anything but a subordinate role in the rapid rise of her husband, US Vice-President-elect JD Vance."}} In February 2025, Vance accompanied her husband on a visit to France and Germany.{{Cite web| first=Amina|last=Ayoud|title=Usha Vance Lunches in Blue Suede Pumps With French President Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte Macron and Husband JD Vance in Paris|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/usha-vance-lunches-blue-suede-181038517.html | date=February 12, 2025 |access-date=February 14, 2025 | website=Footwear News | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250214104621/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/usha-vance-lunches-blue-suede-181038517.html|archive-date=February 14, 2025|url-status=live|via=Yahoo! Life}}{{Cite web| first=Aamer|last=Madhani|title=Vance visits the Dachau concentration camp memorial with Holocaust survivor before Zelenskyy meeting|url=https://apnews.com/article/vance-dachau-munich-security-conference-357b2bb86238181cd7897d5399130178| date=February 14, 2025 |access-date=February 14, 2025 | work=Associated Press News | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214105449/https://apnews.com/article/vance-dachau-munich-security-conference-357b2bb86238181cd7897d5399130178|archive-date=February 14, 2025|url-status=live}} In the same month, President Trump appointed Usha Vance to serve as a member of the board of trustees of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.{{Cite web| first=Ja'han|last=Jones|title=Trump took over the Kennedy Center. And then placed his allies on the board.|url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-kennedy-center-board-chairman-usha-vance-rcna192101| date=February 14, 2025 |access-date=February 14, 2025 | publisher=MSNBC | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214110428/https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-kennedy-center-board-chairman-usha-vance-rcna192101|archive-date=February 14, 2025|url-status=live}} In March 2025, Vance was selected to lead the United States presidential delegation to Italy for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games.{{Cite web| first=Chantz|last=Martin|title= Second lady Usha Vance will lead presidential delegation at Special Olympics World Winter Games, Trump says |url= https://www.foxnews.com/sports/second-lady-usha-vance-lead-presidential-delegation-special-olympics-world-winter-games-trump-says| date=March 6, 2025 |access-date=March 6, 2025 | publisher=Fox News|url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315041212/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/second-lady-usha-vance-lead-presidential-delegation-special-olympics-world-winter-games-trump-says|archive-date=March 15, 2025}}

In March 2025, she went on a visit to Greenland, which caused a diplomatic spat.{{cite news |title=Vance and wife to tour U.S. military base in Greenland after diplomatic spat over uninvited visit |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/vance-and-wife-to-tour-u-s-military-base-in-greenland-after-diplomatic-spat-over-uninvited-visit |access-date=28 March 2025 |work=PBS}}{{Cite web |last=Moody |first=Oliver |date=2025-03-24 |title=Usha Vance steps out of the shadows with trip to Greenland |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/jd-vance-wife-usha-greenland-vice-president-rzmn98psg |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}} Prime minister Mute Egede called the visit "a provocation", and said she is not welcome in Greenland, noting that "until recently, we could trust the Americans, who were our allies and friends, and with whom we enjoyed working very closely, but that time is over."{{cite news |title=Greenland Furious, Will Boycott US Second Lady's Visit Amid Buyout Threats |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/greenland-furious-will-boycott-us-second-ladys-visit-amid-buyout-threats-7999773 |access-date=25 March 2025}} The government condemned the visit as "highly aggressive."{{cite news |title=Greenland's Prime Minister Assails 'Aggressive' Trip Planned by U.S. Officials |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/23/us/trump-news |access-date=28 March 2025 |work=NYT|date=March 23, 2025 |last1=Tekeli |first1=Maya |last2=Gettleman |first2=Jeffrey |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie }} The Greenland government has accused the United States of foreign interference in its affairs.{{cite news |title=Greenland accuses US of 'foreign interference' ahead of second lady's visit |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/03/24/greenland-accuses-us-of-foreign-interference_6739464_4.html |access-date=25 March 2025 |work=Le Monde}}{{Cite web |last=Arnold |first=Sarah |date=2025-03-24 |title=Greenland Accuses U.S. of 'Foreign Interference,' Plans Frosty Reception for Usha Vance |url=https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/03/24/greenland-usha-vance-visit-n2654380 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=townhall.com |language=en}} Usha Vance had been invited by American Daybreak, a group led by Tom Dans, who was an Arctic commissioner in the first Trump administration.{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Betsy |date=2025-03-28 |title=JD Vance accuses Denmark of neglecting Greenland, makes highest-profile case for US control of the island |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/27/politics/vances-greenland-trip-trump/index.html |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}

Politics

File:Prime Minister of Bharat Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi with Vice President of the United States Mr. JD Vance & Second Lady Mrs. Usha Vance.jpg in Paris, France, February 11, 2025]]

According to public records, in 2014 Chilukuri voted in the Democratic primaries, and was registered as an independent in 2017, but in 2022, she voted in the Republican primary in which her husband was a candidate. She clerked for conservative judges, such as Roberts and Kavanaugh, but has also practiced at a California law firm with a progressive work culture.{{Cite web |last=Saric |first=Ivana |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Who is Usha Vance, wife of Trump VP pick J.D. Vance |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/07/15/usha-jd-vance-vp-republican-trump |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=Axios |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803174854/https://www.axios.com/2024/07/15/usha-jd-vance-vp-republican-trump |url-status=live }} According to The New York Times, her political views seem to have changed over the years, as in 2021, she made a political contribution to national conservative Blake Masters in his campaign to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate.

Public image and style

In Hillbilly Elegy (2020), a film about the life of her husband, she was portrayed by actress Freida Pinto.{{cite news |last1=Caruso |first1=Skyler |title=See the Cast of Hillbilly Elegy Side-by-Side with the Real People They Play in the Netflix Drama |url=https://people.com/hillbilly-elegy-cast-side-by-side-real-people-photos-8678610 |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=People |date=July 16, 2024}}

In July 2024, after Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate, The New York Times reported that Usha Vance "models a new kind of Republican image-making".{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=Vanessa |date=2024-07-18 |title=Usha Vance and the Iconography of the Trump Women |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/style/usha-vance-rnc-maga-trump.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Newsweek said Vance's fashion choices were "different from that of the typical women in Trump's circle, who take on a Miss America type of look".{{Cite web |last=Fink |first=Jenni |date=2025-01-20 |title=Usha Vance Inauguration Day outfits in pictures |url=https://www.newsweek.com/usha-vance-jd-wife-inauguration-fashion-pictures-2017783 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} U.S. fashion media widely praised her fashion choices at the 2025 presidential inauguration.{{Cite web |last=Woodward |first=Sam |title=Usha Vance stunned. A senator wore sneakers. 10 fashion moments defining the inauguration |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/style/2025/01/20/top-fashion-moments-trump-inauguration/77839496007/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Lisa |date=2025-01-21 |title=This was inauguration style like we've never seen – but there was one breakout fashion star |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/events/inauguration-style-maelania-ivanka-tiffany-trump-usha-vance/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |last=Gaskins |first=Ty |date=2025-01-20 |title=JD Vance's Wife Usha Debuts as Second Lady in Pink Oscar de la Renta Coat Dress at Donald Trump's Inauguration 2025 |url=https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/usha-vance-oscar-de-la-renta-coat-trump-inauguration-1236861977/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Women's Wear Daily |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Kelsey |date=2025-01-21 |title=Usha Vance selects shimmering sapphire gown for President Trump's inaugural ball |url=https://pagesix.com/2025/01/21/style/usha-vance-selects-shimmering-sapphire-gown-for-president-trumps-inaugural-ball/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |language=en-US}}

White supremacists, including prominent far-right figures such as Nick Fuentes and Jaden McNeil, have made racist comments about Vance, targeting her for her Indian heritage.{{cite news |last1=Ewing |first1=Giselle Ruhiyyih |date=26 July 2024 |title=Usha Vance and the politics of identity |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2024/07/26/usha-vance-and-the-politics-of-identity-00171362 |access-date=21 January 2025 |work=Politico}}{{cite news |last1=Alfaro |first1=Mariana |date=18 July 2024 |title=Far-right attacks target J.D. Vance's wife Usha's Indian heritage |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/18/rnc-convention-usha-vance-maga-attacks/ |access-date=21 January 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} JD Vance defended his wife against the "ridiculous" attacks in an interview with ABC News.{{cite news |last1=Nazzaro |first1=Miranda |date=11 August 2024 |title=Vance on racial attacks against wife Usha: 'Don't attack my wife. She's out of your league' |url=https://fox59.com/hill-politics/vance-on-racial-attacks-against-wife-usha-dont-attack-my-wife-shes-out-of-your-league/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |publisher=Fox News}}

Personal life

While at Yale Law School, Usha Chilukuri met her future husband, JD Vance, a relationship encouraged by their professor Amy Chua.{{cite news |last1=Lazarus |first1=Lily Mae |title=The Second Ladies (and Gentleman) of the RNC |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-second-ladies-and-gentleman-of-the-rnc |access-date=July 15, 2024 |newspaper=The Daily Beast |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716123320/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-second-ladies-and-gentleman-of-the-rnc |url-status=live }} Chua has called their relationship "extremely unlikely, almost opposites of personality".{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Who is Usha Vance? JD Vance's wife is a lawyer and daughter of immigrants |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/usha-vance-jd-vance-wife-trump-vp-pick-rcna161988 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716173007/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/usha-vance-jd-vance-wife-trump-vp-pick-rcna161988 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=July 16, 2024 |publisher=NBC News }} In 2013, Chilukuri and Vance collaborated to organize a discussion group at Yale focused on "social decline in white America". Vance often called Chilukuri his "Yale spirit guide".{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Joseph |last2=Rosman |first2=Katherine |date=November 1, 2022 |title=From Yale to Newsmax, Usha Vance Has Helped J.D. Vance Chart His Path |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/style/usha-jd-vance-ohio.html |access-date=July 15, 2024 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715202221/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/style/usha-jd-vance-ohio.html |url-status=live }}

Chilukuri and Vance married in 2014 in Kentucky, in an interfaith marriage ceremony,{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Joseph |date=July 15, 2024 |title=Who Is Usha Vance, the Wife of J.D. Vance? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/style/usha-vance-jd-vance.html |access-date=July 15, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716123336/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/style/usha-vance-jd-vance.html |url-status=live }} her husband's friend Jamil Jivani read from the Bible{{cite web |last1=Tasker |first1=John Paul |title=This Conservative MP is 'best friends' with Trump running mate J.D. Vance |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jd-vance-jamil-jivani-best-friends-trump-vp-1.7265268 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717082044/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jd-vance-jamil-jivani-best-friends-trump-vp-1.7265268 |url-status=live }} and a Hindu pandit blessed the couple. She is a practicing Hindu, and her husband a Christian{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2024 |title=JD Vance and his wife discuss the potential of being picked for Trump's VP |url=https://www.foxnews.com/video/6355707051112 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |publisher=Fox News |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716123823/https://www.foxnews.com/video/6355707051112 |url-status=live }} who was raised Evangelical but converted to Catholicism in 2019.{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2024 |title=What has JD Vance said about his faith? |url=https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/07/15/jd-vance-religion/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=Deseret News |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716181401/https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/07/15/jd-vance-religion/ |url-status=live }} Usha Vance is a vegetarian. At the 2024 Republican National Convention, she said her husband has "adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food from my mother—Indian food."{{Cite web |last=Miller |first= Daniel |date=August 13, 2024|title=JD Vance and the politics of vegetarianism in a red-meat Republican Party |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-08-13/vance-vegetarian-politics-red-meat-gop |access-date=January 20, 2025|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web |last=Kamila |first=Avery Yale |date=September 15, 2024|title=Spotlight from this election season shines on vegetarian issues|website=Portland Press Herald |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2024/09/15/vegetarian-issues-in-the-spotlight-this-presidential-election-season/ |access-date=January 20, 2025 }} The Vances reside in Cincinnati, Ohio, and have three children.{{cite web |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Meet JD Vance's Indian American Wife Usha Chilukuri |url=https://indiawest.com/meet-jd-vances-indian-american-wife-usha-chilukuri/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716123823/https://indiawest.com/meet-jd-vances-indian-american-wife-usha-chilukuri/ |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |work=India West}}{{Cite web |title=J.D. Vance's 3 Kids: All About Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel |url=https://people.com/all-about-jd-vance-kids-8678153 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717164902/https://people.com/all-about-jd-vance-kids-8678153 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=People}}

Vance is a trustee of the Washington National Opera. Previously, she served on the board of the Gates Cambridge Alumni Association and as secretary of the board of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.{{Cite web |title=Second Lady Usha Vance |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/usha-vance/ |access-date=January 20, 2025 |publisher=The White House }}

= Family background =

Usha Vance's parents are Telugu Kammas from the West Godavari and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. Her paternal ancestry can be traced to Chilukuri Buchipapayya Sastri ({{Circa|18th century}}), who lived in Saipuram in Vuyyuru mandal of Krishna district.{{Cite web |date=July 18, 2024 |script-title=te:ఉష కృష్ణా జిల్లా ఆడపడుచు |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/ap-top-news/usha-chilukuri-professor-shanthamma-granddaughter/2501/124132510 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718020332/https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/ap-top-news/usha-chilukuri-professor-shanthamma-granddaughter/2501/124132510 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Eenadu |language=te}} A branch of her family later migrated to Vadluru near Tanuku in West Godavari district.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0qKHVVqCfw |date=July 20, 2024 |language=te |work=BBC News |access-date=July 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720110327/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0qKHVVqCfw&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |url-status=live |via=YouTube |script-title=te:Usha Chilukuri పూర్వీకుల గ్రామం వడ్లూరు ఎక్కడుంది. 'బీబీసీ తెలుగు' పర్యటనలో ఏం తెలిసింది?}} Usha's mother, Lakshmi, is from Pamarru in Krishna district.

Vance is related to Indian academics.{{Cite web |last=Devulapalli |first=Rahul |date=11 August 2024 |title=Usha Vance traces her roots to the Chilukuris, a family of educators who shaped India's academia |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2024/08/02/usha-vance-traces-her-roots-to-the-chilukuris-a-family-of-educators-in-india.html |access-date=19 January 2025 |website=The Week |language=en}} Usha's paternal grandfather, Chilukuri Rama Sastri, taught physics at IIT Madras, and the institute now runs a student award in his memory.{{Cite web |last1=Rishika Sadam |last2=Krishna N. Das |date=July 18, 2024 |title=Indian family of Usha Vance, wife of Trump's VP pick, known for academic prowess |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-family-usha-vance-wife-trumps-vp-pick-known-academic-prowess-2024-07-18/ |access-date=July 19, 2024 |website=Reuters |quote="Most of our family is academically strong and education has been a top priority"}} Her great-aunt Chilukuri Santhamma, who has never met Vance, resides in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, teaches physics at a private university, and has written an English interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu sacred text.{{Cite web |last=Sudhir |first=S. N. V. |date=18 July 2024 |title=This 96-year-old professor from Andhra Pradesh has an extra reason to celebrate if Donald Trump wins |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/andhra-pradesh/a-96-year-old-professor-from-andhra-pradesh-has-an-extra-reason-to-celebrate-if-donald-trump-wins-3110479 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807125747/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/andhra-pradesh/a-96-year-old-professor-from-andhra-pradesh-has-an-extra-reason-to-celebrate-if-donald-trump-wins-3110479 |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}{{cite web |date=18 July 2024 |title=Usha Chilukuri's 96-year-old grand aunt rooting for Vance's win |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/usha-chilukuris-96-year-old-grand-aunt-rooting-for-vances-win/articleshow/111822232.cms |website=The Times of India}}