The second lady has kept a low profile in Washington, but is planning new projects.

JD Vance joked of wife Usha during a speech, “She’s a bit of a celebrity, it turns out, in India. I think more so than her husband.”

Usha Vance, the spouse of U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, became a national star during the couple's visit to India, her parents' country of origin, according to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal.