Meghan McCain asks Usha Vance about possibility of becoming first lady
Second lady Usha Vance says she's focused on the here and now, revealing that while she's been asked about the possibility of becoming America's next first lady, she hasn't thought much about it.
"People do ask about it," the lawyer and mom of three shared in a recent interview on Citizen McCain, a podcast hosted by Meghan McCain. "Three years ago, or maybe it's four years ago at this point, I had absolutely no intention of leading any sort of life in politics. It really is that rapid."
Vance, 39, goes on to say that when she and her husband Vice President JD Vance moved their family to the Washington, D.C.-area, it was with no intention, whatsoever, of "JD running for a new office."
"My attitude is that this is a four-year period where I have a set of responsibilities to my family, to myself, to obviously, the country. And that's really what I'm focused on," Vance said.
Vice President JD Vance, who President Donald Trump speculated as a potential future leader of the MAGA movement, previously told NBC News: "If I do end up running in 2028, I'm not entitled to it."
Usha Vance is 'along for the ride'
Vance isn't "plotting out next steps," or "really trying for anything after this," referring to her husband's four-year term in office, which began in January of this year.
"In a dream world, eventually, I'll be able to live in my home and kind of continue my career and all those sorts of things," Vance said. "And if that happens, in four years, I understand. If that happens, at some other point in the future, I understand. I'm just sort of along for the ride and enjoying it while I can."
Before becoming second lady of the United States, Vance worked as an attorney at Munger, Tolles & Olson, a law firm that specializes in litigation, corporate, professional liability, employment, financial restructuring, tax and executive compensation. She left the firm when her husband secured the vice presidential nomination.
Usha also shares three children − Ewan Blaine, Vivek, and Mirabel Rose − with JD, whom she married in 2014.
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McCain, daughter of late Arizona senator John McCain, also announced on the episode that she was expecting her third child with husband Ben Domenech on the show.
"I wanted to let you in on something that is private that I haven't talked about publicly yet, because one of the things I have so enjoyed about you, and your husband is seeing how you incorporate your children in your life in so many ways. You travel with them," McCain told Vance. "I have two little girls. They are almost five and almost three, and I am just entering my second trimester. I'm pregnant with my third."
Vance extends her congratulations, telling McCain that she "loves" having three kids after "The View" cohost expressed some nervousness about having a boy and having three children.
"I'm a huge proponent of it," Vance said. "Obviously, people want to have different family sizes for different reasons. But what I've really enjoyed about having three kids is that it's just enough for them all to be kind of a pack, like the oldest will take care of the youngest one, the youngest is so motivated to be like the older two that basically she's self-sufficent and always has been. It's awesome."
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How to watch Usha Vance interview with Meghan McCain
McCain's interview with Vance can be found on YouTube, or any other audio streaming service, like Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, that transmits podcasts.
"Meghan McCain sits down with Usha Vance for her first long-form interview, covering motherhood, faith, and life in the national spotlight," a description of the episode reads. "Usha opens up about raising a family at the Naval Observatory, navigating public life, and what might come next."
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