JD Vance couldn’t find his wife. It was January 2023 and he had just been sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as the junior senator from Ohio, in front of a group of family and friends. “You guys have to tell her that I gave this incredibly emotional set of remarks about her,” he joked.
As if on cue, Usha Vance, then a practicing lawyer at a white-shoe firm, entered the room, pushing one of the couple’s three children in a stroller. JD’s face lit up. He pointed in her direction, seizing upon his wife’s sacrifices.
“The thing that I’ll say about running for office that a lot of you know very well is that it takes an incredible toll on family,” the author-turned-MAGA-firebrand continued. “I am going to try to not get too emotional here, but just say to get to represent the people of Ohio in the United States Senate is a dream come true for me, and I wouldn’t be here without Usha. So thank you, honey, from the bottom of my heart.”
