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Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Inside Usha Vance’s World: Faith, Family, and Falling in Love

Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Citizen Cain Productions

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

3.9692 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Meghan sits down with our Second Lady, Usha Vance, for her first long-form interview since stepping into the national spotlight, and she’s sharing it all! Usha opens up about making the leap from Ohio to Capitol Hill, the beautiful chaos of raising kids in a two-faith household, and what it’s really like being one of the most famous women in the world. Plus, Meghan drops some personal news of her own — baby number three is on the way and is a boy — Usha shares some heartfelt parenting advice. Don’t miss Usha’s sweet story about falling in love with the Vice President back at Yale. It’s a candid, charming chat you’ll want to hear!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Megan McCain has entered the chat.

0:07.0

Megan McCain has entered the chat. When Jady Vance became vice president, I, like a lot of women I know, wanted to know more about his wife, Usha.

0:38.6

She's a Yale graduate, a former Supreme Court clerk, a Hindu mom raising Catholic kids,

0:44.0

and now the first South Asian second lady in American history.

0:48.4

But I wanted to know who she really is, how she thinks, how she parents, what she values,

0:54.1

and how she's navigating a life she never saw coming.

0:57.0

This is Ushah's first real in-depth on-camera interview, and I am incredibly grateful and humbled that she trusted me enough to do this.

1:04.1

We talked about everything. Her marriage to J.D., raising three young kids in a mixed faith home, how she's adjusting to life in the Naval Observatory,

1:13.0

and what she actually wants to do with this platform.

1:15.9

She even responded very generously to something personal that I shared for the first time during our conversation.

1:22.1

If you enjoy the interview, please hit subscribe on our YouTube channel,

1:26.4

and if you want to join me on my two-way show, you can register at two-way.tv slash Megan. I would love to see you there.

1:38.1

I am so excited to be here today with Mrs. Vance, our second lady of the United States. Welcome to

1:48.1

Citizen McCain. I'm so excited to have you. Come on. I'm so excited to talk to you. I just want to thank you so much for giving me this opportunity.

1:54.9

Well, thank you for having me on the show and please call me Usha. Okay. She gave me permission, you guys.

2:00.0

Okay. Okay. So I just have been so interested in you as a person. And I'm not trying to, like, freak you out. But ever since your husband was chosen to be vice president, my text chain with my girlfriends were just so excited about your role as second lady. You're so modern, and I just really wanted to know more about you,

2:19.1

which is how this opportunity came about. So I just want to know if we could start at the beginning.

2:24.3

You're from San Diego. I'm from Phoenix, a love a West Coast girl that made it to D.C.

2:29.8

Could you just tell me a little bit about growing up in San Diego? Your parents are so accomplished.

2:36.4

Your dad's a mechanical engineer. Your mother's a molecular biologist. I don't even know what that is, but it sounds very fancy.

2:42.2

Would you mind telling me a little bit just about growing up in San Diego?

2:45.4

Absolutely. My parents moved to San Diego in the 70s and 80s. And, I mean, they were pursuing higher education.

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