4 things to know about Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of Trump's VP pick
4. Politics
The New York Times reported that voter registration records indicate that Usha was registered as a Democrat until at least 2014, and the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, where she later worked, also describes its culture as “radically progressive.”
Usha appears to support her husband’s politics, telling a Newsmax anchor during an August 2022 interview, “The J.D. that I met back when we were in law school is the J.D. that I’m sitting next to right now.”
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Before former President Donald Trump announced that he had chosen her husband as his running mate, Usha seemed reluctant to enter into the national spotlight that would likely follow if Trump selected Vance.
“I don’t know that anyone is ever ready for that kind of scrutiny,” she told Fox News last month. “I think we found the first campaign that he embarked on to be a shock. It was so different from anything we’d ever done before. But it was an adventure.”
While the attorney and mother of three stated that she is “not raring to change” anything about her family’s life at the time, Usha added that she is “open” to what might happen.
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
