Usha Vance

Usha Vance
Official portrait, 2025
Second Lady of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed role January 20, 2025
Vice President	JD Vance
Preceded by	Doug Emhoff (as Second Gentleman)
Personal details
Born	Usha Bala Chilukuri (1986-01-06) January 6, 1986 (age 39) San Diego County, California, U.S.
Political party	Republican (since 2022)
Other political affiliations	Democratic (until 2014) Independent (2014–2022)[1]
Spouse	JD Vance ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	Ewan Vivek Mirabel
Residence	Number One Observatory Circle
Education	Yale University (BA, JD) Clare College, Cambridge (MPhil)

Usha Bala Chilukuri Vance (born January 6, 1986)^[2] is an American lawyer who has been the second lady of the United States since January 20, 2025, being married to Vice President JD Vance. She is the first Indian American and Hindu American in this role. A former trial lawyer, she has also worked with justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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 leading 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.