“This is a moment of pride for the Telugu community”: Andhra CM congratulates Usha Vance

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu congratulated US Vice President-elect JD Vance’s wife Usha Vance on becoming the first Telugu woman to serve as Second Lady of the US and bringing pride to the Telugu community.

Taking to social media X, Naidu wrote in a post “I would also like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr.@JDVance, on becoming the US Vice President-elect. His victory marks a historic moment, as Mrs. Usha Vance, who has roots in Andhra Pradesh, will become the first woman of Telugu heritage to serve as the Second Lady of the US. This is a moment of pride for the Telugu community around the world. I look forward to the opportunity to invite them to visit Andhra Pradesh.”

On November 6, Vance took to his social media X and expressed gratitude to his wife and President-elect Trump.

“THANK YOU! To my beautiful wife for making it possible to do this. To President Donald J. Trump, for giving me such an opportunity to serve our country at this level. And to the American people for their trust. I will never stop fighting for ALL of you,” Vance said on X.

Usha Vance has an impressive academic and professional background. Raised in a suburb of San Diego, California, with a strong emphasis on education and hard work, and going on to Yale University, Usha Vance served as Managing Editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology and Executive Development Editor of The Yale Law Journal, according to a biography from Munger, Tolles & Olson law firm.

Usha Vance has played a subtle yet significant role in her husband’s success. She helped Vance while he was writing his book about the social decline in rural white America, which inspired his best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which was adapted into a film directed by Ron Howard in 2020.