Vance has never been a darling of the traditional free-market conservatives that dominate the Republican Vance party. Can he shape Trump’s policy?

JD Vance will serve as Donald Trump's vice president. The two haven't always seen eye-to-eye.

Yes. Vance is married to Usha Chilukuri, a trial lawyer, and a child of Indian immigrants who was born and raised in the suburbs of San Diego, California, according to the BBC. The two met at Yale. While there, they organized a discussion group on the subject of "social decline in white America," according to The New York Times.

JD Vance wrote about meeting his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, as a Yale Law School student in "Hillbilly Elegy."

JD Vance's book, Hillbilly Elegy, depicted Middletown in an intensely unflattering light. Now, in Middletown City Council and beyond, residents have clashed over how to view native son JD Vance as he is set to become the nation's next vice president.

JD Vance, Donald Trump's vice president, has three children with his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel. “My most important American dream was becoming a good husband and a good dad,” Vance said in his speech at the Republican National Convention in 2024.