In her first in-depth interview since assuming the role of second lady, Usha Vance is offering a candid look at how she’s navigating life in the political spotlight, sharing that her main goal is simply staying grounded.
“To me, the highest priority right now is to be actually a normal person,” Vance, a practicing trial attorney, told The Free Press in a profile published Monday.
“Obviously,” she added, “our lives are not normal, and it feels almost absurd to say that they are.”
When asked about common misconceptions surrounding her husband, Vice President J.D. Vance, she pointed to the barrage of assumptions people make: “It’s a very strange life that we lead, where there are lots of people who have just imagined all sorts of narratives about us and what we think and what we do and why we do it and how much planning goes into it and all these sorts of things.”
As a mother of three, Vance spoke openly about the emotional toll of political life, calling it a space that often feels isolating. She noted it “can be a very lonely, lonely world not to share with someone.”
Marking a historic milestone, Vance is the first Indian American and Hindu woman to become second lady. She touched on the contrast between her background and the image often associated with supporters of President Trump, some of whom she described with a humorous tone as “blonde” and wearing “nine-inch heels.”
“I’m laughing,” Vance said, “because it would be really hard for me to be blonde.”
“That color would look totally absurd,” she said.
Vance, 39, added that despite not coming from a wealthy or style-conscious background, her experience stepping into this new world has been welcoming. “For what it’s worth, my reception into this world — and I’m not from a particularly wealthy background, not from a very fashion-oriented background personally or professionally — has been really positive,” she said.
“People don’t seem to care all that much what I look like.”
{Matzav.com}