Usha Makes History as First Indian-American Second Lady as JD Vance Sworn in as US Vice President

President Donald Trump was later to comment, "Usha Vance is smarter than her husband," then said he might have selected him as Vice President.

Usha Vance is the first Indian-American and Hindu Second Lady, as her husband J.D. Vance was sworn in as the 50th Vice President of the US on Monday.  She held the Bible in one hand, and their daughter Mirabel Rose in the other, as Vance placed his left hand on the religious text, and raising his right hand took the oath of office.

President Donald Trump was later to comment, "Usha Vance is smarter than her husband," then said he might have selected him as Vice President.

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The oath to J.D. Vance was administered by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who also mentored Usha Vance.

J.D. Vance was sworn in before taking the oath of office alongside President Donald Trump.

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Military men in formal dress marched their kids, Ewan Blaine, 7, Vivek, 4, and Mirabel Rose, 3, to the podium before the Vances.

The boys were in tuxedos while Usha Vance wore pink.

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She smiled as she gazed at J.D. Vance as he repeated the oath with Kavanaugh.

Standing with the family during the ceremony was J.D. Vance's mom, Beverly Aikins who is a reformed drug addict.

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Usha Vance is the daughter of Telugu immigrants from India, Radhakrishna "Krish" Chilukuri, an aerospace engineer, and Lakshmi Chilukuri, the provost at the University of California, San Diego.

J.D. Vance and Usha met while they were studying law at Yale University.

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J.D. Vance, who grew up in a broken family with his mother being a drug addict and suffering poverty, credited Usha in his memoir as his "spirit guide" who helped him navigate the Ivy League university and professional life.

Raised by his grandmother, Vance joined the military to escape the dysfunction of life in Middleton, Ohio, and got his break with admission to Yale, where he said he felt out of place.

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He wrote: "In a place that always seemed a little foreign, Usha's presence made me feel at home."
They married in 2014.

J.D. Vance briefly practiced law before turning to business as a venture capitalist.

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He entered politics by being elected to the Senate in 2022.

Usha Vance is a corporate litigator who quit her prestigious law firm after he was named the Vice President candidate.

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She had worked earlier as a clerk for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Kavanaugh when he was an appeals court judge.

J.D. Vance also inspired her.

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She changed her party affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

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