JD Vance’s Love Story with Usha
JD Vance, the Vice President of the United States, has shared a heartfelt confession about his early days with his wife, Usha. In a new memoir titled “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” he reveals that he became ‘obsessed’ with Usha when they first met at Yale Law School. This admission comes as a surprise, given that just months earlier, Vance had told a friend that he didn’t believe he had the ‘gene’ to fall ‘head over heels’ for someone.
During a late-night phone call from New Haven, Connecticut, Vance expressed his feelings to his friend, Mike, saying, ‘Dude, I think I’m obsessed with this chick in my small group. It’s unhealthy.’ This revelation was particularly ironic because, just a short time before, Vance had been consoling Mike through a breakup, insisting that he himself wasn’t capable of experiencing such heartache.
Mike later responded to Vance, saying, ‘JD? Remember when you told me you don’t have the gene where you fall head over heels for a girl? I always thought that was BS. Now I know it is.’ This exchange highlights the unexpected nature of Vance’s romantic journey and how quickly his perspective on love changed.
Navigating Marital Strife
The couple has faced rumors of marital strife, which were fueled by Usha’s outings without her wedding ring and JD’s viral hug with Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, at a Turning Point USA event in October. However, Usha addressed these rumors in a rare interview in December, calling them ‘kind of funny’ and emphasizing her preference for living in the ‘real world.’
Usha, who is pregnant with the couple’s fourth child, has remained a supportive figure throughout their journey. In the memoir, Vance describes Usha as the most impressive student at law school, yet she also has a desire for a family and a decent job. He even tells her, ‘You have the biggest mismatch between ambition and ability of any person I’ve ever met. You could be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and you have no interest in it.’
A New Chapter in Vance’s Life
“Communion” marks a departure from Vance’s previous work, “Hillbilly Elegy,” which detailed his upbringing in rural Ohio and his mother’s struggles with drug addiction. The new book focuses on his conversion to Catholicism after a Protestant upbringing and his personal struggles with faith.
‘A critical part of that journey was falling in love with a girl who would eventually become a mother four times over,’ Vance told USA Today. Just a few months into his time at Yale, he was already telling friends, ‘I will marry this girl. Or I will be a lifelong bachelor.’
Vance writes that he had been taught to ‘play hard to get,’ but the rules went out the window when he met Usha. ‘We had been together only a few weeks when I told her I wanted to marry her and would do whatever I needed to do to make that happen,’ he writes.
Usha’s Background and Career
Usha, the daughter of Indian immigrants who settled in San Diego, clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and then-appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh before joining elite law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson. She quietly exited the firm in July 2024 after her husband was tapped as Donald Trump’s running mate.
Vance, a former Marine and US Senator for Ohio, was sworn in as Vice President after an astonishing political rise from self-proclaimed ‘Never-Trumper’ to MAGA evangelist. His memoir arrives at a time when his relationship with Trump faces fresh scrutiny over the war with Iran, with the President publicly acknowledging his deputy had argued against military action.
Vance’s prediction market odds for 2028 have tumbled from 31 percent to just 19 percent, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a fervent backer of Trump’s foreign policy agenda, has seen his odds climb from 4 percent into double digits.
