The wife of JD Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants who went to Yale law school and embodies many of the traits that would appear to rankle some of Trump’s supporters.
But his wife, Usha Vance , while often flanking him on the campaign trail, has said very little publicly.One op-ed suggested she wasn't "following the script" typically expected of a political spouse.Her husband's meteoric rise to the White House second-in-line comes at a time when Indian Americans are a growing political force.
She said she and JD Vance became friends first and described him as the most interesting person she knew. She resigned from her law firm Munger Tolles in the middle of this year when Mr Vance became Trump's running mate.While the role of the vice-president's partner is not paid or formally defined, they have traditionally been expected to perform hosting and society functions.
In the late 1970s, funding was officially allocated to support the second spouse's activities in support of the vice-president and during the 1980s an office was established for the second spouse on the second floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the vice-president's. Ms Vance was once a registered Democrat, and the Daily Beast reported Mr Vance told a friend she planned to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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