AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Vanity Fair's Usha Vance profile reveals more about elite media than about the second lady
A new 5,500-word Vanity Fair profile claims Usha Vance "built" her husband into a vice president, but the magazine never spoke to her, and the framing says far more about coastal condescension than about the Vance family. The profile, assembled from unnamed Yale Law School classmates and friends of the couple, paints the 40-year-old second […] The post Vanity Fair's Usha Vance profile reveals more about elite media than about the second lady appeared first on American Almanac .
A new 5,500-word Vanity Fair profile claims Usha Vance "built" her husband into a vice president, but the magazine never spoke to her, and the framing says far more about coastal condescension than about the Vance family. The profile, assembled from unnamed Yale Law School classmates and friends of the couple, paints the 40-year-old second lady as the hidden architect of JD Vance's rise from Marine veteran and law student to senator to vice president. One former classmate told the magazine that Usha "saw tremendous potential in JD" and shaped him into something polished enough for the establishment's approval. The New York Post reported on the profile's contents and noted that Usha Vance did not sit for an interview with Vanity Fair.…Open