US vice-presidential candidate JD Vance’s wife Usha Chilukuri is the US-born daughter of Indian immigrant parents who shifted to America in the great move West of the 1980s.
They were searching for the American dream. Their daughter is living it.
Usha Chilukuri Vance has her roots in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. The 38-yearold lawyer, who grew up in a San Diego suburb, graduated from Yale Law School.She later worked for different law firms and earned a reputation as an expert in civil litigation.
Usha met Vance, 39, at the Yale Law School. Studying, meeting (and courting) under the tutelage of Amy Chua, author of the controversial book “Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother”, they married in Kentucky in 2014, with both a Christian and a Hindu ceremony. The couple has three children —sons Ewan (6) and Vivek (4), and daughter Mirabel (2).
Her parents, Lakshmi and Radhakrishna Chilukuri, moved to the US after their marriage. Radhakrishna, after completing his BTech in mechan ical engineering, did his master’s in aerodynamics in the US. He joined United Technologies Aerospace Systems as an aerodynamics specialist and went on to become manager of the company within a decade. Later he worked with Collins Aerospace before retiring. He now teaches at San Diego University. Her mother, Lakshmi, is also a professor at the varsity. She teaches molecular biology
Both Lakshmi and Radhakrishna are ardent followers of Hinduism. Usha, in a recent interview, said her parents are good people because of the tradition and religious faith they follow. Usha’s marriage was performed by a Hindu priest according to Telugu tradition.
They were searching for the American dream. Their daughter is living it.
Usha Chilukuri Vance has her roots in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. The 38-yearold lawyer, who grew up in a San Diego suburb, graduated from Yale Law School.She later worked for different law firms and earned a reputation as an expert in civil litigation.
Usha met Vance, 39, at the Yale Law School. Studying, meeting (and courting) under the tutelage of Amy Chua, author of the controversial book “Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother”, they married in Kentucky in 2014, with both a Christian and a Hindu ceremony. The couple has three children —sons Ewan (6) and Vivek (4), and daughter Mirabel (2).
Her parents, Lakshmi and Radhakrishna Chilukuri, moved to the US after their marriage. Radhakrishna, after completing his BTech in mechan ical engineering, did his master’s in aerodynamics in the US. He joined United Technologies Aerospace Systems as an aerodynamics specialist and went on to become manager of the company within a decade. Later he worked with Collins Aerospace before retiring. He now teaches at San Diego University. Her mother, Lakshmi, is also a professor at the varsity. She teaches molecular biology
Both Lakshmi and Radhakrishna are ardent followers of Hinduism. Usha, in a recent interview, said her parents are good people because of the tradition and religious faith they follow. Usha’s marriage was performed by a Hindu priest according to Telugu tradition.