WEBVTT 00:00.560 --> 00:05.320 Did you hear the one about how Usha Vance is a sociopathic Clinton supporter who's gonna 00:05.320 --> 00:10.140 be deported next week? Okay, so that's obviously nonsense, but it's exactly the kind of stuff 00:10.140 --> 00:16.560 the rumor mill has been churning up. To many people, Usha Vance is something of an enigma. Of course, a little mystery isn't 00:16.560 --> 00:21.320 always a bad thing, but it can leave you open to rumor and hearsay. And some of the stuff 00:21.320 --> 00:26.160 that's been said about Usha is downright scandalous. Take, for example, the claim made by one former 00:26.160 --> 00:31.120 friend that the second lady is a sociopath. We all go a little mad sometimes 00:34.320 --> 00:38.640 Speaking to The Cut, this unnamed source complained that Usha had never been particularly 00:38.640 --> 00:44.880 open around them. They said, It didn't seem like things got to her that much, and she was never very vulnerable. I 00:44.880 --> 00:48.960 kind of wonder if she's a sociopath. For the record, nobody else has repeated 00:48.960 --> 00:53.620 this suggestion since, probably because it's untrue, but also likely because it's not totally 00:53.620 --> 00:57.880 cool to make assumptions about people's mental health. Another especially scandalous rumor 00:57.880 --> 01:02.100 about Usha Vance is the idea that if her husband's immigration policies come to fruition 01:02.460 --> 01:06.600 she might find herself in trouble with the law. Because Usha's parents were born in India 01:06.920 --> 01:11.240 some have claimed she might not actually qualify for U.S. citizenship under the new rules 01:11.480 --> 01:17.080 As one online meme claimed, J.D. Vance's wife Usha Vance will have her citizenship revoked if 01:17.080 --> 01:22.320 Trump signs his executive order banning birthright citizenship. Her parents were not U.S. citizens at 01:22.320 --> 01:27.240 the time of her birth. Awkward. Reuters quickly debunked this theory in no uncertain terms 01:27.240 --> 01:31.720 pointing out that it's irrelevant whether Usha's parents were American citizens before she was born 01:32.000 --> 01:36.280 as the intended legislation will only target children born after it comes into effect 01:36.640 --> 01:45.600 Snopes backed that up, noting that as long as the bill remained unchanged, Usha wouldn't be affected by it in any way. That said, you do have to wonder what Usha thinks of 01:45.600 --> 02:00.986 the Trump administration immigration policies Prior to jumping on the Trump train J himself had been critical of MAGA on the matter Some may remember that back in 2016 J took to social media to declare makes people I care about afraid Immigrants Muslims etc Because of this 02:00.986 --> 02:05.686 I find him reprehensible." The post has since been deleted, of course 02:05.686 --> 02:10.706 Another rumor swirling around the second lady is one that might not necessarily be so far-fetched 02:10.706 --> 02:14.646 This is the claim that Usha was once a Hillary Clinton supporter — a tidbit of information 02:14.646 --> 02:22.006 that reportedly came from J.D. himself. Back in 2024, an insider told The Daily Beast that JD had told them, back in 2016, that 02:22.006 --> 02:28.746 Usha was considering voting for Clinton over Trump. Naturally, this rumor prompted people to wonder about Usha's political views 02:28.746 --> 02:32.846 One person who claimed to have known her during her time at Cambridge University spoke to 02:32.846 --> 02:36.706 The Telegraph. They doubled down on the claims that she had previously been a liberal 02:36.706 --> 02:42.506 The source said, I certainly don't remember any indication whatsoever that she harbored any far-right political views 02:42.506 --> 02:48.366 or would tolerate somebody who did. Interestingly, whenever Usha speaks about her husband's role as Donald Trump's VP 02:48.826 --> 02:54.626 she often gushes about how much she believes in J.D., rather than waxing lyrical about the grand old party itself 02:54.906 --> 02:58.806 Then again, another insider once told the Daily Mail that neither Usha nor her parents 02:58.806 --> 03:05.186 had ever been particularly forthcoming when it came to their political beliefs. So maybe she just likes to keep her cards close to the chest 03:05.466 --> 03:10.066 If Usha is a closeted liberal, it might go some way to explaining our final rumor 03:10.066 --> 03:14.466 that the second lady wasn't too keen on her husband becoming vice president in the first 03:14.466 --> 03:18.886 place. Who can forget that blip of tension in the Vance's Fox & Friends pre-election interview 03:19.446 --> 03:27.766 I'm not raring to change anything about our lives right now. So maybe it's no surprise that rumors soon began to suggest that Usha felt as though she was being 03:27.766 --> 03:32.706 forced into her new role. This one was played down from some quarters too, however. Speaking 03:32.706 --> 03:38.626 to the Daily Beast, a friend of Usha said, She's close with her family. If she didn't want to be doing this, her out is very easy 03:38.626 --> 03:40.886 It's hard for me to imagine her being trapped.