section_path: Second Lady of the United States (2025–present)
section_name: Second Lady of the United States (2025–present)
paragraph_text: Second Lady of the United States (2025–present)
  
  At the Republican National Convention in July 2024, Usha Vance delivered the introductory address for her husband, JD Vance. Since then, she has been an advisor to her husband, and often travels with him to campaign events, occasionally appearing onstage with him. According to some sources, she helped her husband prepare for the 2024 vice-presidential debate. JD Vance was declared the winner of the debate by several columnists, including some from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times. Usha Vance also received some credit for her husband's debate performance.
  
  In November 2024, as JD Vance became the vice president-elect of the United States, Usha Vance assumed the role of Second Lady of the United States Designate. In January 2025, she became the first Indian American, first Telugu, and first Hindu Second Lady, while in a broader classification also being the first Asian American in this role.
  
  Several political analysts have noted that Vance has played a key role in her husband's political career. In February 2025, Vance accompanied her husband on a visit to France and Germany. In the same month, President Trump appointed Usha Vance to serve as a member of the board of trustees of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In March 2025, Vance was selected to lead the United States presidential delegation to Italy for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
  
  In March 2025, she went on a visit to Greenland, which caused a diplomatic spat. Prime minister Mute Egede called the visit "a provocation", and said she is not welcome in Greenland, noting that "until recently, we could trust the Americans, who were our allies and friends, and with whom we enjoyed working very closely, but that time is over." The government condemned the visit as "highly aggressive." The Greenland government has accused the United States of foreign interference in its affairs. Usha Vance had been invited by American Daybreak, a group led by Tom Dans, who was an Arctic commissioner in the first Trump administration.
  
  At the Republican National Convention in July 2024, Usha Vance delivered the introductory address for her husband, JD Vance. Since then, she has been an advisor to her husband, and often travels with him to campaign events, occasionally appearing onstage with him. According to some sources, she helped her husband prepare for the 2024 vice-presidential debate. JD Vance was declared the winner of the debate by several columnists, including some from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times. Usha Vance also received some credit for her husband's debate performance.
  
  In November 2024, as JD Vance became the vice president-elect of the United States, Usha Vance assumed the role of Second Lady of the United States Designate. In January 2025, she became the first Indian American, first Telugu, and first Hindu Second Lady, while in a broader classification also being the first Asian American in this role.
  
  Several political analysts have noted that Vance has played a key role in her husband's political career. In February 2025, Vance accompanied her husband on a visit to France and Germany. In the same month, President Trump appointed Usha Vance to serve as a member of the board of trustees of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In March 2025, Vance was selected to lead the United States presidential delegation to Italy for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
  
  In March 2025, she went on a visit to Greenland, which caused a diplomatic spat. Prime minister Mute Egede called the visit "a provocation", and said she is not welcome in Greenland, noting that "until recently, we could trust the Americans, who were our allies and friends, and with whom we enjoyed working very closely, but that time is over." The government condemned the visit as "highly aggressive." The Greenland government has accused the United States of foreign interference in its affairs. Usha Vance had been invited by American Daybreak, a group led by Tom Dans, who was an Arctic commissioner in the first Trump administration.