Second Lady Usha Vance Says Husband JD’s Life As Vice President Is A ‘Very Lonely, Lonely World’

Jacob BarkerApril 10, 2025, 2:37 pmNews >

According to Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, her husband feels lonely in his role while relying on her as his closest adviser.

Usha, 39, is the youngest woman to be the second lady. She supports her husband whenever he needs it. “I don’t know that he’s asking me for advice so much as it can be a very lonely, lonely world not to share with someone,” she said in an interview with The Free Press.

JD, 40, has attracted more media attention and criticism than his predecessors. In February, his speech at the Munich Security Conference criticizing European countries for “curtailing free speech” made headlines, and he was the central figure in the confrontation between Trump and Zelensky in the Oval Office in late February.

The couple was booed last month while attending a concert at The Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C. One concert-goer shouted at them about having ruined the event with their presence, possibly referring to President Donald Trump‘s plan to sack the chairman of the Kennedy Centre along with 13 of its trustees. Although Usha claimed they were not bothered by it, she complained about media bias and “imagined narratives.”

“It’s a very strange life that we lead, where there are lots of people who imagine all sorts of narratives about us,” Usha said. “What we think and what we do and why we do it, and how much planning goes into it and all these things.”

When asked to describe having to transition from litigator to wife of the vice president, she commented, “The day before JD was selected, I did not know he was going to be selected. I was working as a lawyer, and I had the wardrobe of a person with three children who likes to do things outdoors, who has a dog, and who doesn’t like things to be too precious. Then a switch flipped, and it’s not like it came with a whole new wardrobe, stylist and everything.”