>> well, i think americans are going to love jd vance and his wife usha. and there are beautiful kids. they're going to love his story. i think he'll appeal to all americans. i mean, this the land of second chances and jd vance, as we just heard, had kind of a tough upbringing. his mom dealt with addiction, his father wasn't really president. he was raised by his grandparents. he wrote a bestselling, wonderful memoir about that. i think a lot of americans can identify with the struggles that young jd vance went through. he got into the marine corps. he said that that helped learn help teach him the maturity and the discipline to be a strong contributing member of our society had tremendous and to success at law school and finance and then went into politics. i think the american people are going to love jd vance in his story. i think they're going to be able to see him as someone who can understand the struggles that hard-working americans go through every day it will be very important counselor and adviser to president trump one thing i want to ask you abo

. >> please welcome usha vance. >> byron: by his side, wife usha vance, who he met while they were both yale law school, introducing him tonight. >> the j.d. i knew then is the same j.d. you see today, except for that beard. >> byron: a corporate lawyer, usha began her career clerking for chief justice john roberts. >> usha is indian american. the indian american vote is increasingly important. maybe one-third are traditional republicans. maybe this opens the door. usha vance isn't used to the spotlight she's gotten but definitely could be an intriguing campaign weapon. >> byron: see changed parties in 2017, voting in the republican primaries. >> when j.d. met me, he approached our differences with curiosity and enthusiasm. he wanted to know everything about me. where i came from, what my life had been like. although he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vehvegetari to cook indian food for my mother. >> reporter: her husband's fledgling political career on a fast track. >> not being known as a candidate is helpful, ask barack obama. there is definitely a good thing abou

my husband, jd grew up in middletown and things weren't easy and usha vance seemed as eager to win the race as her husband taken in the lead role in a campaign he's an incredible father and he's my best friend that proclivity to be able to comfortably appear with her husband in public contrast with melania trump, who is rarely seen with the former president at public events. we don't see melania trump humanizing her husband. that's really not the role that these ever played. >> and so perhaps usha could be a really big advantage to this campaign, just like her husband is. >> she's young, she's well-spoken, she's successful, born usha chilukuri in 1986. >> she was raised in a san diego suburb by indian immigrant parents and met j.d. vance when they both attended yale law school they married in 2014 and have three young children, which usha vance has balanced with some impressive professional accomplishments. she clerked for two supreme court justices, chief justice john roberts, and brett kavanaugh, when he served on the us court of appeals she just resigned from a high-powered law firm

crowd at the republican national convention chanted jd vance walked onto the floor with his wife, usha vance, by his side. he met his wife at yale, where they both received law degrees. vance also worked as a venture capitalist in silicon valley before his political career. >> the president can't be everywhere. even donald trump can't be everywhere. so you've got to be a person he can trust. he can rely on to actually advance the agenda. that's the most important job. >> trump supporters rallied for the former president monday as they stood on the 580 overpass near stoneridge mall in pleasanton. >> i'm very happy with it, jd he's an accomplished man. he's he grew up poor with his grandmother. he got out of the appalachia. he's bringing some youth into the, the party. >> what i like is that he is an everyday man. he's an ex-marine. so he has experience, experience fighting for our country. >> about two weeks ago, the couple sat down exclusively with fox and friends. vance's wife, usha, is the daughter of indian immigrants and the mother of their three children. she had been a trial lawyer at

yale law school they married in 2014 and have three young children, which usha vance has balanced with some impressive professional accomplishments. she law firm in a 2020 podcast, jd vance joked about how tough it is to argue with her at home. >> oh my my god, it's terrible. terrible do you use this so much facts and logic in fact, when fox asked jd vance how he would debate vice president kamala harris, he motion toward usha and said, well, i have to assassination attempt against donald trump. we've got those breaking details after this cnn is live from milwaukee as republicans unite behind their nominee, his vp, and their plan to take back the white house fellow cnn for complete coverage that republican national convention coverage are, plus 500 has you covered with a tailored solution? >> so download the app and start trading futures today, trading in futures and options involves the risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor plus brand leader for over 75 years when i finally get here for the first time, i could hear everything called miracle ear at 1800 the 347090, and sc

usha vance is expected to begin her speech shortly. we do expect, i believe, that her husband, j.d. he actually starts her remarks. i think, i mean, one of the things that about being a very young person at this sort of position is you and i've been a person whose family gets introduced to the country in a way that is the candidate, you have to feel very protective of. they have three very young kids and they are about to be very, very, very famous. it is one thing to have been a senator for 18 months. it is another thing to be the vice presidential running mate. this is a big step onto a big stage for a young family. let's watch. >> good evening. good evening. when i was asked to introduce my husband, j.d. vance, to all of you, i was at a loss. what could i say that hasn't already been said before? after all, the man was already the subject of a ron howard movie. jd has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words. in his book, "hillbilly elegy," during his senate campaign, and now as a sitting united states senator. it occurred to me that there was only one thing to do, t

vance and usha vance. ♪ [♪ "america first" by merle haggard plays ♪] sen. vance: wow!s the whole world weaker and more chaotic. now, no nation showed or can tolerate this terrible stuff, and i know this audience stands with israel and stands with president trump. let's get trump back in office and stand with israel. and when donald j. trump is president again, the days of moral equivocation on this issue and so many others will be over. we've got to finish the job and get this thing over with. now, i want to talk about what is going on in this country. of course all of us learn the hard way over the last week and a half, if you do not already know it, that joe biden cannot do the job as president of the united states. [crowd boos] in fact, one month ago, president trump wiped the floor with joe biden on the debate stage from exposing a massive cover-up of that president's moral and mental incapacity, and he saved this country from four more years of one of the worst president in american history, celeste thank president trump -- so let's thank president trump for getti

trump's son, donald trump jr will also see usha vance, j.d. vance's wife, take the stage.sco law firm, but resigned monday after vance was picked as trump's running mate. jd vance will be the final speaker this evening, and abc news will have extended live coverage of vance's speech. the convention, starting at 7 p.m. immediately after abc seven news at

reluctant to be too outfront, but she she will be there when he needs her alina, i want to focus on usha vance. >> she actually introduced the republican vice presidential nominee for president last night, j. d. vance. what did you make of her speech? >> i thought she did very well, particularly someone i think it was clear she was a little nervous. she's not someone obviously who has used to the political stage. i mean, jd vance has only been in the senate for a year-and-a-half. that was her first foray. his foot in his campaign for senate in ohio was really her first foray into politics. but i think to molly's point, it was a similar message. it was a humanizing message was talking about personal stories of their family, how they met and that has been the goal, not just for donald trump, as molly pointed out, but also for jd vance, we saw that throughout his vance's speech himself talking about his childhood, his autobiography. i think she really drove that point home and just one thing i wanted to add to what molly said as well, what's been interesting about this week as donald trump is not

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome usha vance. [applause] >> good evening. good evening. when i was asked to introduce my husband, j.d. vance to all of you, i was at a loss. what can i say that hasn't already been said before? after all, the man was already the subject of a ron howard movie. j.d. has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words in this in his booking "hillbilly elegy," during his senate campaign and now as a sitting united states senator, it occurred to me there was only one thing to do. to explain from the heart why i love and admire j.d. and stand here beside him today and why he will make a great vice president of the united states. [applause] i met j.d. in law school when he was fresh out of ohio state which he attended with the support of the g.s.i. bill. we were friends first. who wouldn't want to be friends with j.d. he was then as now the most interesting person i knew. a working class guy who had overcome childhood traumas that i can barely fathom to end up at yale law school. a tough marine who served in iraq but whose idea of a good t

[cheers and applause] >> usha vance introducing her husband before the convention hall.t her job at the law firm. she's in it full speed here through november. >> and what's interesting, when he was asked about potentially meeting kamala harris on the debate stage, he said look, i've held up pretty well with my own debates with the litigator i live with. >> she's helped to prepare him for this moment, i'm sure. j.d. vance, his moment before the country now officially on the trump-vance ticket. he's been quite a supporter of donald trump in recent years. embracing this moment, donald trump here in the convention hall, as you can see. he's going to watch and see how his running mate performs for the ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ there's things to be done all over the world ♪ ♪ but let's rebuild america first ♪ >> thank you, thank you, please. [cheers and applause] >> wow! wow! [cheers and applause] [ crowd chanting "j.d." ] >> first of all, isn't she lovely? amazing? [cheers and applause] greetings, milwaukee. my fellow americans and my fellow republicans. my name is j.d. vance from the great

trump's son, donald trump jr will also see usha vance, j.d. vance's wife, take the stage. she worked for a san francisco law firm, but resigned monday after vance was picked as trump's running mate. jd vance will be the final speaker this evening, and abc news will have extended live coverage of vance's speech. the convention, starting at 7 p.m. immediately after abc seven news at six and mr. vance spoke earlier today. his first official campaign appearance outside of the convention, as donald trump's running mate. vance appeared at a milwaukee science museum fundraiser and used the moment to praise trump. after the weekend's assassination attempt. >> as soon as i knew he was okay, i felt relief. and then i was like, i cannot believe an assassin tried to take down the president of the united states. i was mad about it. was he mad and angry? he called for national unity. he called for calm. he showed leadership >> now to developing news with the attempted assassination of former president trump. today, we learned the shooter, thomas crooks, was identified as a person of int

mom, it's really important that i do what's right for them. >> reporter: in the spotlight, also, usha vanceced vp-pick, senator, jd vance. >> it's hard to imagine a more powerful example of a n american dream. >> he is flexible, he learned to cook indian food for my mother. >> she met jd at yale law school, writing about it in his memoir, hillbilly elligy. >> after a few weeks of dating i told her i loved her, usha's presence made me feel at home. >> she clerked for justice thomas and brett kavanaugh married now having three children. usha was asked about the possibilities on fox & friends. >> i am not raring to change anything about our lives right now, but i really believe in jd and i really love him, so we will sort of see what happens. >> reporter: after the announcement, usha left her job at a law firm to join her husband on the campaign trail, until 2014 she was still registered as democrat, and friends describe her as brainy, and pragmatic, if trump wins shield be the first indian-american, second lady. >> robin: thank you, good to see you in milwaukee, now the wnba cashing in on the

shortly after jd vance was named trump's running mate. the firm called ushaerked for chief justice john roberts, an excellent lawyer and colleague. jd vance brings youth to the gop ticket, but he does not bring experience. his very first venture into politics was the one that got him elected senator, and he only took office last year in san francisco, terry mcsweeney nbc, bay area news. terry, thank you. good reporting there. let's take a live look now in milwaukee. it's just after 1 a.m, we will be following the week's events in prime time all week. in fact, through thursday here on nbc. again, former president trump did not speak. today. he is scheduled to accept the actual republican nomination on thursday. senator vance will address the convention on wednesday. also tonight, president joe biden sat down for a lengthy interview with nbc, his first since the assassination attempt on former president trump. now it comes as people continue to question mr. the president's ability to beat trump this november. nbc bay area's jocelyn moran joins us now live in st

usha vance looking at the former first lady. i'm not sure they've had much interaction. but there's the team. >> i have to say the statement that melania trump put out on sunday after the assassination attempt was really a remarkable statement and the line that struck me was the very end where she said the winds of change have arrived. for those who cry in s'more, i thank you. i commend those of you who have reached out beyond the political divide. thank you for remembering that every single politician is a man or a woman with a loving family. that was a statement of unity. >> melania trump has now entered the convention hall. we're all awaiting former president donald trump expected to address not only this hall but he knows the nation is watching here tonight. quick break. we'll come back with his speech in just a moment. stay tuned. >> announcer: abc newslive coverage of the republican national convention will return in a moment. dave's company just scored the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. high five! high five... -i'm on a call. it's 5 years of reliabl

vance's wife, usha, is the daughter of indian immigrants and the mother of their three children.she had been a trial lawyer at a prominent law firm with offices in san francisco and d.c. minutes after the vp announcement, the firm announced she had left and wished her the best in her future career. >> are you ready for the scrutiny that comes with potentially being the second lady of the united states? >> i don't know that anyone is ever ready for that kind of scrutiny, but it was an adventure. >> vance once called trump dangerous and unfit for office, but once he met trump in 2021, vance cited his accomplishments as president. i spoke with the vice chair of the california republican party, who's attending the convention. >> with the changing tide or the changing winds that you see a lot of politicians will rebuke one another. and then at the end of the day, they all, you know, unify again and you know, continue on with, you know, the mission of the party. i think it happens on both sides of the aisle. and, you know, things like that just they don't surprise me. >> if elected in

. ♪ if -- [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome usha vance! if. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> good evening. good evening. when i was asked to introduce my husband, j.d. vance, to all of you, i was at a loss. what could i say that about hasn't already been said before? after all, the man was already the subject of a ron howard movie. [laughter] j.d. has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words. in his book, "hillbilly elegy", during his senate campaign and now as a sitting united states senator. it occurred to me that is there was only thing to do to explain from the heart why i love and admire j.d. and stand here beside him today and why he will make a great vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] i met j.d. in law school when he was fresh out of ohio state which he attended with the support of the g. bill. g.i. bill. we were friends first because, i mean, who wouldn't want to be friends with j.d.? he was then, as now, the most interesting person i knew. a working class guy who had overcome childhood traumas that i co

vance was introduced by his wife usha vance, a lawyer and the daughter of indian immigrants. much of the rnc has centered on anti-immigrant hate speech and policies. among the speakers yesterday were donald trump, jr., texas governor greg abbott, and former trump adviser peter navarro, who was released from a miami federal prison earlier in the day before flying to milwaukee to address the rnc. navarro served four months in prison for contempt of congress, after he defied a subpoena from the house select committee investigating the january 6 insurrection. in more news from the rnc, the peace group codepink is facing death threats after a republican cogressmember accused one of its of political violence branded the group pro-hamas. codepink says rep. derrick van orden of wisconsin falsely accused nour jaghama, the group's palestine campaign coordinator, of assault after he shoved past her outside the rnc as people waited in line to be let into the security zone. jaghama was detained for 15 hours and charged with battery. van orden, who is a former navy seal, has a history of a

vance was introduced by his wife usha vance, the daughter of indian immigrants. much of the rnc has centered anti-immigrant hate speech and policies. among the other speakers yesterday were donald trump jr, texas governor greg abbott, and former trump adviser peter navarro -- who was released from a miami federal prison earlier on wednesday before flying to milwaukee to deliver his speech. navarro served four months in prison for contempt of congress after he defied a subpoena from the house select committee investigating the january 6 insurrection. "the wall street journal" is under fire after it dismissed hong kong-based reporter selina cheng after she was elected last month as chair of the hong kong journalists association, hong kong's largest media union. "the wall street journal" claims her firing was due to restructuring. selina cheng spoke to reporters wednesday. >> at that time he demanded i resign from my position. i told him that ai refused but he said the position was incompatible with my position at the wall street journal. he said employees of the wa

built himself into a successful, entrepreneur and, and silicon valley investor. >> vance's wife, usha vance, who appeared at his side during his introduction in milwaukee, worked at a law firm in san francisco but left on monday following her husband's nomination. >> dennis believes vance is a promising choice. >> in my mind, he's the best on foreign policy. he's very skeptical of you know, getting into conflicts. >> former napa vice mayor doris gentry is also a delegate after saturday's shooting at the republican rally. >> the mood is elevated times 1 million after what happened to trump. after that horrific incident, you know, everybody was really pumped and excited to go to the convention. >> gentry backs trump's choice for vp. >> i think j.d. vance is a is a worthy opponent for the for this, election. >> conservative political commentator and activist journalist richie greenberg says j.d. vance is an interesting choice. >> clearly, trump wanted to bring in someone who didn't have much baggage and someone that he didn't personally, attack during the primaries. >> as for san francisco, jd

. >> vance's wife, usha vance, who appeared at his side during his introduction in milwaukee, worked at a law firm in san francisco but left on monday following her husband's nomination. dennis beliz vance is a promising choice in my mind. >> he's the best on foreign policy. he's very skeptical of, you know, getting into conflicts. >> former napa vice-mayor doris gentry is also a delegate after saturday's shooting at the republican rally. >> the mood is elevated times 1 million after what happened to trump. after that horrific incident, you know, everybody was really pumped and excited to go to the convention. >> gentry backs trump's choice for vp. >> i think j.d. vance is a is a worthy opponent for the for this, election. >> conservative political commentator and activist journalist richie greenberg says j.d. vance is an interesting choice. >> clearly, trump wanted to bring in someone who didn't have much baggage and someone that he didn't personally attack during the primaries. >> as for san francisco, jd vance and actually any anyone that trump would come up with as his running mat

lisa: an introduction from his wife, usha vance, emphasized their unique story. >> it's safe to say that.d. nor i expected to find ourselves in this position. but it's hard to imagine a more powerful example of the american dream. lisa: the vance roll-out capped a day of sharply contrasting tones on the convention floor. a 98-year-old world war ii veteran brought tears to delegates' eyes appealing to shared love of country. >> america is an idea. but i believe america is much more than that. america is our home. lisa: but minutes later from donald trump junior, a dark message of fear. >> all hell has broken loose in america and it's impossible to hide anymore. lisa: there were other emotional waves, including an american family whose son was taken hostage after the hamas attack in israel. >> imagine over nine months, not knowing whether your son is alive. waking up every morning praying at he too is still waking up every morning. lisa: but the crowd may have been most transfixed by a heartbreaking segment with gold star families of service members killed in the afghanistan withdrawal, hi

. >> another sf connection vance's wife, usha vance, also worked as a lawyer for a firm with offices in the city and in d.c. minutes after the vp announcement, she resigned from that job. live in the newsroom. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> thank you, james. the fbi says it's conducted nearly 100 interviews in its investigation of the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. cell phone video here obtained by tmz, shows a shooter on the roof of a building near saturday's rally. investigators say the shooter, 20 year old thomas matthew crooks, lived in bethel park, pennsylvania, worked as a dietary aide there. investigators say they found bomb making materials in crooks car and say the gun used in the shooting was registered to his father. the butler county sheriff says a local police officer saw the shooter on the roof, who then pointed an ar style weapon at the officer and fired 6 to 8 rounds at former president trump, injuring two people, killing one other. the person killed was cory comparator, a volunteer firefighter and father of two. >> cory was a husb

much baggage and someone that he didn't personally attack during the primaries >> vance, his wife, usha vance, joined him on stage at the republican national convention last night up until yesterday, she worked as a litigator in the san francisco and washington, dc offices of offices of munger, tolles and olson. they've been married for ten years and have three kids together. >> we're learning new details about the day of the assassination attempt on former president trump. according to the fbi, on the day of the trump rally, the suspected shooter bought 50 rounds of ammo, two ieds were found in his car and home, sources say thomas matthew crooks told his father he was going to the shooting range that day. that's when his father gave him the rifle to use in the attack, a motive remains unclear. in an exclusive interview with abc news, secret service director kimberly cheadle called the shooting unacceptable and is promising transparency in the investigation. >> we want to make sure that we examine everything from start to finish and if we need to change our practices, we will absolutely do th

vance, who takes center stage to deliver the biggest speech of his political career. let's be, let's be frank we've just learned introducing him tonight will be his wife, usha. it's been just over 50 hours since both of them first stepped into the convention hall as donald trump announced him as running mate. and what vance says tonight in his first remarks with that new title will be closely watched. of course, by republicans, but also by democrats. cnn's alayna treene leads us off this hour. alayna, you have new reporting about what vance will be saying from that stage tonight. what are you learning? >> that's right, kate. so i have spoken with someone who has helped work on jd vance's prepared remarks for this evening and they tell me that it's mainly going until focus on his life story, his biography, and i think vance has a pretty incredible journey. he grew up in a poor ohio rust belt town he struggled, he had a struggling childhood, a pretty tough childhood. he had a family who struggled with opioid addiction, but he went on to become a marine. and then you went to yale law school. he was a venture capitalists. he was a bestselling author and then he's

well certainly they've been trying to do that, although what i thought was interesting is that usha vance is somebody who, if mr. trump completely had his way, he has talked about eliminating what's called birthright citizenship, which is in the constitution. the idea is that if you're born here, but you're not born to american citizens, that you shouldn't have citizenship. so she would not be entitled to american citizenship by birth, as she is. and fully deserves, i'd like to hear mr. vance explain that conundrum. >> that's the other. that's the other part. so you see this? you hear what they're talking about. but there's also what was said in the past, right now. so what really is the administration going to be doing? you know, if they were to get into office. and i think that's the real question here. many people are wondering that right now. one of the things you talked about just a moment ago was vance trying to appeal to those blue collar workers in those swing states that seemed to be a heavy focus, more so than anything else of his speech. just trying to get the people in pennsyl

states senator, a source tells cnn that vice presidential pick will be introduced by his wife, usha vance, who he credits as a key part of his success. >> ai also have new reporting about a very tense call between president biden and a group of centrist house democrats on saturday, where president biden told a democratic lawmaker to cut that crap out. after the congressman told the president that voters are losing confidence in him much more on that ahead. and there is so much to discuss with our great reporters who are here in milwaukee. cnn's phil mattingly, nia, malika henderson of cnn and bloomberg. cnn's jeff zeleny and the washington post's leigh ann caldwell hi everybody. so let's look ahead to tonight and to the jd vance moment that we are going to see jeff zeleny. what are you hearing from your sources about what to expect and more importantly, the kind of persona and message that the campaign hopes. that the american people will see and hear from him. >> look, most people in the hall know who senator jd vance is, even though he was elected less than two years ago. but the countr

they also argue that jd vance, his wife, usha vance, as she is the daughter of indian immigrants, they actually think that she could be very powerful throughout the campaign in the leadup for over the next several months. now, we did hear vance himself addressing interview with fox news last night, what he thinks a vice president should do. take a listen to what he said you need to support the president in enacting when the agenda, whether it's going and meeting with foreign aid haters, whether it's working with the senate and the house to get legislation passed the president can't be everywhere, even the trump can't be everywhere. >> so you've got to be a person he can trust, he can rely by on to actually advance the agenda. that's the most important job now, going off of what van said, he kind of hinted that he's going to be very loyal to donald trump and let trump be the one to dictate any future agenda. >> and that was another reason and as well, people really see jd vance as being the most loyal of the contenders that donald trump was considering. now we also know that several inf

have much baggage and someone that he didn't personally attack during the primaries, vance's wife, usha vance, joined him on stage at the republican national convention last night. >> up until yesterday, she worked as a litigator in the san francisco and washington, dc offices of munger, tolles and olson. they've been married for ten years and share three kids together. live in studio lena howland abc seven news. >> thanks, lena. developing us authorities are concerning concerned about possible attacks and retaliation to the assassination attempt on former president trump. the fbi has issued a new bulletin warning of possible violence at election related events. it also details some of the gunman's movements ahead of the shooting. this comes as the head of the secret service is expected to testify on capitol hill next week about what went wrong. here's abc news reporter lionel moise this morning. >> a new fbi and homeland security bulletin sent to law enforcement nationwide reveals on the day of the trump rally, thomas matthew kirk purchased 50 rounds of ammunition from a gun shop in bethel p

lived in san francisco in 2015, worked as a venture capitalist in silicon valley, and his wife usha chilukuri vance, just resigned from her job today at san francisco based law firm munger, tolles and olson. so i'm here now with our political analyst, larry gerston. larry, we're learning a lot about jd vance today. what else are you learning? interesting guy. there's no question about it. an attorney, the author of a very famous book, hillbilly elegy, about the rural small town america, which was very popular with all kinds of accolades and awards. he's a person who has been known to be a very, very conservative person, doesn't agree with a lot of things at least historically. he's converted a bit, okay, but nonetheless, he's young. and at 39, as you mentioned, that's a key thing because it transcends generations. i'm wondering, what are some of his, you know, issue positions. interesting guy. he's against abortion, okay. pro-life. he doesn't like the idea of gay marriage, wants no money to go to ukraine, wants to build the wall and accuses of course, those folks coming in right now have carrying i

he will be introduced by usha vance, his wife she herself is a fascinating human being. she was a trial lawyer. she met him at yale law school. he credits are with all of his success. >> and the entire theme is make america strong again, what they're focused on is veterans you're going to hear from gold-star families. >> you're going to hear from a family of an israeli hostage. but the keynote speaker here is jd vance and kristen. >> thank you for that reporting. let's get to alayna treene now, because alayna, you have details from folks that are helping jd vance craft this speech and he's going to lean into what kristen described that hillbilly elegy that that origin story that he first published in that book a few years ago that's right, boris and kristin was spot on what the goal of jd vance's speech did you tonight is to really introduce himself properly to the american public. >> sure. i think a lot of people who are here right now in milwaukee at this convention know jd vance very well, but there's so many americans out there who don't know his story do not know wh

now, the other person who's very interesting is who's going to introduce them, which is his wife, usha vance. she herself is a fascinating human being. she met him at yale law school she was a trial lawyer and she is somebody that he has credited with almost all of his success. now, in addition to the two of them, you're going to hear from don junior trump's son, obviously, such supporter, also big ally of jd vance kellyanne conway still advises the president was in charge of his 2016 campaign as well as representative matt gaetz, bag hello, ally, nancy mace, et cetera. but again, big highlight tonight, big person everybody is watching jd vance and alayna, you have some new reporting on the substance of his speech. what should we expect? >> i do so i've spoken with someone who helped work on the remarks and they essentially said the big focus for jd vance tonight is about telling his life store and i think anyone can agree whether you like jd vance or not, that he has an incredible journey. you know, he grew up in a poor rust belt town in ohio. he came from a very unstable childhood. his fam

. >> announcer: please welcome usha vance. >> good evening. good evening. ntroduce my husband, j.d. vance, to all of you, i was at a loss. what could i say that has not already been said before. afterall, the man was the subject of a ron howard movie. j.d. has shared much of his life through his own eloquent book "hillbilly elegy," and now through his campaign as a u.s. senator, and now it occurred to me that there was one thing to do, to explain from the heart why i love and admire j.d. and stand beside him today and why he is going to make a great vice president of the united states. i met j.d. in law school when he was fresh out of ohio state and i mean, who wouldn't want to be friends with j.d., because he was then as now, the most interesting person i knew. a working-class guy who had overcome childhood traumas that i could barely fathom to end up at law school. a tough marine who had served in iraq, but whose idea of a good time was playing with puppies and watching the movie "babe." the most determined person i knew was one overriding ambition, to bec

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome usha vance. [applause] >> good evening. good evening. vance to all of you, i was at a loss. what can i say that hasn't already been said before? after all, the man was already the subject of a ron howard movie. j.d. has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words in this in his booking "hillbilly elegy," during his senate campaign and now as a sitting united states senator, it occurred to me there was only one thing to do. to explain from the heart why i love and admire j.d. and stand here beside him today and why he will make a great vice president of the united states. [applause] i met j.d. in law school when he was fresh out of ohio state which he attended with the support of the g.s.i. bill. we were friends first. who wouldn't want to be friends with j.d. he was then as now the most interesting person i knew. a working class guy who had overcome childhood traumas that i can barely fathom to end up at yale law school. a tough marine who served in iraq but whose idea of a good time was playing with puppies and watching the m

vance himself but let's wait and see there. has been some change up today in the speaker line-up and this is his wife, who will speak first, ushakuri vance. [cheers and applause] >> good evening. good evening. when i was asked to introduce my husband, j.d. vance to all of you, i was at a loss. what could i say that hasn't already been said before? after all, the man was already the subject of a ron howard movie. j.d. has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words. in his book, during his senate campaign and now as a sitting united states senator. it occurred to me that there was only one thing to do. to explain from the heart why i love and admire j.d. and stand here beside him today, and why he will make a great vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> i met j.d. in law school, when he was fresh out of ohio state, which he attended with the support of the g.i. bill. we were friends first because, i mean, who wouldn't want to be friends with j.d. he was then as now, the most interesting person i knew. a working class guy, he would overcome childhood traumas that i could barely fathom to end up a

his wife, usha vance will introduce him, giving the country a first look at her two they met at yale school, married a decade ago and have three young children. >> i'm not rare to change anything about our lives right now but i really believe in jd and i really love him. and so we'll just see what happens with her life. >> the daughter of indian immigrants, she was raised near san diego, are registered democrat until 2014. she clerked for chief justice john roberts and brett kavanaugh before he joined the supreme court many republican delegates here say they don't know much about him. but like what they see, what do you think of jd vance really excited about him, i think it's a great choice. >> i think that's a younger younger look. i think it's somebody who can carry the torch. i think that he can carry this message when donald trump turns it over, jd vance can take us the next eight years and it is clear by our conversations with republican delegates here, they aren't that familiar with him. >> those two missouri delegates there told me that they actually were not know your worth h

vance's wife, usha, resigned from a san francisco law firm yesterday after trump announced his running mate. the focus on vance as trump's running mate has been a key part of the republican national convention, so far. earlier today, on our midday live show, i spoke with san jose state political science professor, doctor melinda jackson about vance as the vp pick. >> it definitely shows us that trump is doubling down on his message. he didn't pick a vice president running mate who is different from him. he picked someone who's very similar. younger, has a different background, right? comes out of the rust belt region. so those things may help, but really the issue positions and the message and the tone, the demeanor is, is all trump. so vance may, present an example of a convert, right? someone who was initially skeptical and critical of trump, but who has come around and is now you know, a devoted supporter. and he he does definitely. he will play the attack dog role. he will be out there, you know, amplifying the maga message. and it seems like those are the voters that they're reall

senator vance will be introduced by his wife, usha, a trial attorney, daughter of indian immigrants the vances capping. tonight's program, which includes remarks by north dakota governor doug burgum of top vp contender who lost, asked advance as well. as a prime time speech by the former president's oldest son, donald trump, jr. at this moment of celebration for republicans we do have some breaking news who's on the democratic side, who setback for president biden a diagnosis of covid in the midst of increasing pressure from fellow down democrats for him to exit the 2024 race, the president abruptly calling off an event in nevada. his schedule now appearing uncertain at this intense moment of turmoil from his campaign. you see him on your screen there. it looks like he's having some difficulty getting up the stairs. let's get more on this breaking news from the democrats. jeff zeleny has that jeff, what are you picking up? what are you learning? >> well, jake, we know as president biden is flying back to the east coast tonight after testing positive for covid, as you said, in cutting hi

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome usha vance. [applause] [applause] >> good evening. when i was asked to introduce my husband, j.d. vance, to all of you, i was at a loss. what could i say that hasn't already been said before? after all, the man was already the subject of a ron howard movie. j.d. has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words. in his book, "hillbilly elegy," during his senate campaign and now as a sitting united states senator. it occurred to me that there was only one thing to do. to explain from the heart why i love and admire j.d. and stand here beside him today. and why he will make a great vice president of the united states. i met j.d. in law school when he was fresh out of ohio state which he attended with the support of the g.i. bill. we were friends first because who wouldn't want to be friends with j.d.? he was then, as now, the most interesting person i knew. a working class guy guy who had overcome childhood traumas i could barely fathom to go to yale law school. a tough ma heen who -- marine who served in iraq but whose idea of

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome usha vance. [applause] >> good evening. good evening. that hasn't already been said before? after all, the man was already the subject of a ron howard movie. j.d. has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words in this in his booking "hillbilly elegy," during his senate campaign and now as a sitting united states senator, it occurred to me there was only one thing to do. to explain from the heart why i love and admire j.d. and stand here beside him today and why he will make a great vice president of the united states. [applause] i met j.d. in law school when he was fresh out of ohio state which he attended with the support of the g.s.i. bill. we were friends first. who wouldn't want to be friends with j.d. he was then as now the most interesting person i knew. a working class guy who had overcome childhood traumas that i can barely fathom to end up at yale law school. a tough marine who served in iraq but whose idea of a good time was playing with puppies and watching the movie "babe." the most determined person i knew was one

. >> usha vance good evening good evening when i was asked to introduce my husband, jd vance to all of you i was at a loss what can i say that hasn't already been said before after all, the man was already the subject of ron howard movie jd has shared much of his life through his own eloquent words. in his book, hillbilly elegy during his senate campaign. >> and now as a sitting united states senator it occurred to me that there was only one thing to do. to explain from the heart why i love and admire jd and stand here beside him today, and why he will make a great vice president of the united states i met jd in law school when he was fresh out of ohio state which she attended with the support of the gi bill we were friends first because i mean, who wouldn't want to be friends with jd. he was then as now the most interesting person i knew a working class guy who had overcome childhood traumas that i could barely fit them to end up at yale law school a tough marine who had served in iraq, but whose idea of a good time was playing with puppies and watching the movie babe the most determi

vance and his wife, usha, wading through the convention floor crowd. jd, the senator reportedly learning of trump's decision only 20 minutes before it was announced vance was launched into the political spotlight in 2016 with his bestselling memoir, hillbilly elegy, which chronicled his path from a poor and turbulent childhood in appalachia to yale law school. he was once a forceful critic of trump. in 2016, he called trump cultural heroin and said, i'm a never trump guy and trump is unfit for our nation's highest office. but vance has since changed his opinion, saying trump has been a better president than he expected. now counted among his most ardent supporters. tonight, sitting down with sean hannity on fox news, i was certainly skeptical of donald trump in 2016. >> but president trump was a great president, and he changed my mind. i think he changed the minds of a lot of americans because, again, he delivered that peace and prosperity. if you go back to what i thought in 2016, another thing that was going on, sean, is i bought into the media's lies

after the republican national convention last night, vance was introduced by his wife usha before formallyng his party's nomination for vice president. sabrina franza is in milwaukee with reaction. good morning, sabrina. >> reporter: good morning. until last night, many americans were not familiar with j.d. vance. he was not a household name. in delivering his acceptance speech, he introduced himself to the american people and painted a picture of a trump-vance administration. >> i officially accept your nomination to be vice president of the united states of america. [ cheers ] >> reporter: in his first speech as the 2024 republican vice presidential nominee, freshman ohio senator j.d. vance played up his youth. >> joe biden has been a politician in washington for longer than i've been alive. >> reporter: and his midwestern roots -- >> there's still so much talent and grit in the american heartland. for these places to thrive, my friends, we need a leader who fights for the people who built this country. >> reporter: the 39-year-old marine veteran and "hillbilly elegy" author was introduc

vance's wife, usha, also worked as a lawyer for a firm with offices in sf and dc.es after the vp announcement, she and her firm announced her resignation from the job. we're live this morning in palo alto. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> thank you james. meantime, reactions have poured in about the vance election. tesla ceo elon musk took to x, seemingly pleased about the decision, saying, congratulations jd vanc. excellent decision by donald trump. now musk is set to pour millions of dollars into the republican campaign. he plans to commit around $45 million a month to a new political action committee, which is backing donald trump's presidential run america pac is a pro-republican organization focused on voter outreach and registration efforts. >> president biden may fail to win a key labor endorsement in his battle for reelection against former president donald trump, reuters is reporting the teamsters union may not support any candidate in this year's race for the white house. union leaders are reportedly worried about president biden's age and mental