Second Lady Usha Vance is heading to Italy: Details

The president made the announcement on March 6

PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 11: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron welcome US Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance before a working lunch, on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit on February 11, 2025 in Paris, France. France is hosting representatives from around a hundred countries, including heads of state and business leaders, for the Action on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summits at the Grand Palais. (Photo by Antoine Gyori - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

MARCH 6, 2025 7:02 PM ESTMAR 6, 2025, 7:02 PM EST

Second Lady Usha Vance is setting off for Italy! Vice President JD Vance's wife will lead a presidential delegation to the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin on Friday, March 7. President Donald Trump announced the second lady's role on Thursday.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 17: Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of J.D. Vance speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

According to the office of the second lady, Usha plans on attending several Special Olympic events, including the opening ceremony, which is taking place on Saturday, March 8. The 2025 multi-sport event runs through March 15.

The Special Olympics are regarded as the world’s largest sports and humanitarian event. This year, "more than 1,500 athletes from 100 delegations will compete in eight sports"—alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, dance sport, figure skating, floorball, short track speed skating, snowboarding and snowshoeing—per the event's website.

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The U.S. presidential delegation attending the opening ceremony includes Chargé d'Affaires Shawn Crowley; Trent Michael Morse, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of presidential personnel; Riley M. Barnes, senior bureau official of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the U.S. Department of State; Consul General Douglass Benning; Rachel Campos-Duffy, FOX News host and wife of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation; Boris Epshteyn, senior counsel and senior advisor to President Trump; and Richard Walters, a partner at FGS Global.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: First Lady Melania Trump shakes the hand of Second Lady Usha Vance ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump was expected to address Congress on his early achievements of his presidency and his upcoming legislative agenda. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

The presidential delegation is scheduled to return to the U.S. on Monday, March 10. Days before leading the delegation, the second lady stepped out for the president's joint address to Congress. Usha looked characteristically elegant for her appearance on March 4 at the U.S. Capitol, where she was photographed shaking hands with First Lady Melania Trump.

Usha made history in January, becoming the first Indian American second lady. The Yale University alum beamed with pride as her husband JD took the oath of office inside the Capitol Rotunda.

TOPSHOT - US Vice President JD Vance disembarks from the Air Force Two with (from L) his wife Usha Vance and his children Vivek, Ewan and Mirabel as he arrives at Orly airport outside Paris, on February 10, 2025. US Vice President JD Vance is among leading world figures expected at a global summit on artificial intelligence in Paris on February 10 and 11, 2025. (Photo by Ian LANGSDON / AFP) (Photo by IAN LANGSDON/AFP via Getty Images)

The second lady and the 50th vice president of the United States, who met while attending Yale Law School, have been married since 2014. The pair share three children: Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel.

Elon Musk's mom Maye Musk has praised Usha, writing on X that the second lady "is even lovelier in person, smart and charming."

The second lady's page on the White House website notes that "in her free time, Ms. Vance is a trustee of the Washington National Opera and has served on the board of the Gates Cambridge Alumni Association and as secretary of the board of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra."