In July 2024,Donald Trump flexed his Hollywood connections with his left-field VP pick, J.D.

Vance has since left the literary world for the political sphere.

In 2022, he was elected to the United States Senate as a representative for the state of Ohio.

Usha Vance poses for the camera with husband J.D. Vance

Vance’s, meteoric rise to fame.

In 2016, the mother-of-three’s Goodreads account posted a subtle 5-star rating for J.D.

Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.”

Usha Vance speaks into the camera

She decided which board games we were going to play and what the rules were going to be.

She was never mean or unkind, but she was the boss."

Yale Law School is where J.D.

Usha Vance smiles watching husband speak at podium

and Usha Vance met

Usha Vance has had an impressive academic career.

She started out her stint in higher education at Yale University where she studied history for four years.

After graduation, Usha Chilukuri eventually returned to Yale in 2013 to enroll into its law school.

Usha Vance smiles with husband JD Vance

It was there where Usha and J.D.

In his bestselling memoir"Hillbilly Elegy,“J.D.

Vance wrote that Usha became his “Yale spirit guide” throughout his time at law school.

J.D. Vance smiles with wife Usha Vance

Usha Vance was previously a registered Democrat

According toThe New York Times, J.D.

Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, was on the record as a Democratic voter as recently as 2014. and Usha Vance wed in 2014

From J.D.

Vance wrote, “I had dated other girls before, some serious, some not.

J.D. Vance smiling with wife Usha Vance

But Usha occupied an entirely different emotional universe.

I thought about her constantly.

One friend described me as ‘heartsick’ and another told me he had never seen me like this.”

Usha Vance kisses husband J.D. Vance on the cheek

Only a few years later, and the pair were saying “I do.”

Usha Chilukuri became Usha Vance in an interfaith ceremony held in Kentucky in 2014.

The Vance children are not yet old enough to cross the street without holding mom or dad’s hand.

Justices Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts

In 2017, she also clerked for the conservative Chief Justice Roberts.

Former colleagues of Usha toldThe New York Timesthat she possessed “intimidating smarts.”

Vance began reminiscing on the blockbuster film that put him on the map “Hillbilly Elegy.”

J.D. Vance with wife Usha at RNC

The wife of the VP hopeful, Usha Vance, was played by the actor Freida Pinto.

Usha Vance participated in her husband’s senate run

The “Hillbilly Elegy” author, J.D.

However, his increasingly radical conservative views did surprise some.

A photo of Freida Pinto next to a photo of Usha Vance

In a post on hisInstagram, J.D.

Although she gives the impression of a strong supporter of her husband, appearing in interviews alongside J.D.

Masters, like her husband, is a Trump-endorsed conservative who also accepted money from billionaire Peter Thiel.

J.D. Vance poses for the camera

Vance once compared his wife to his Mamaw

Those familiar with J.D.

As a child, Vance’s parents were unfit to take care of him.

His father was a mostly absent figure while his mother struggled heavily with substance abuse.

Usha Vance smiles while husband J.D. Vance gives a thumbs up

In swept Mamaw, who took the young boy under wing and raised him herself.

Since reaching fame through his memoir, Vance has spoken openly about how much he reveres his Mamaw.

He has also compared this instrumental figure to his wife Usha Vance.

A photo of Blake Masters speaking into a microphone next to an image of Usha Vance

In June 2024, Usha and J.D.

Vance were invited for to be interviewed on the program “Fox and Friends.”

A photo of J.D. Vance’s Grandma ‘Mamaw’, Bonnie Blanton Vance, next to a photo of Usha Vance

The Old Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio

Usha Vance looks down away from the camera