Usha Chilukuri Vance, the wife of Middletown native and Vice President-elect JD Vance, will make history Monday. With her husband set to serve alongside President-elect Donald Trump, Usha Vance will become the first Indian American second lady in the White House. She will also be the first Hindu second lady.

Hear the heavy sigh of Indian Americans across the country—both those who voted for Trump (there were several, and we all got in a fight at Thanksgiving, rest assured) and those who did not: We were always going to be burdened with South Asian identity politics, no matter who won, but did it need to be so stupid?

Expected to be present will be his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, who will become the country's new second lady. Here's an introduction to the woman who JD Vance has described as his wife as "brilliant" and “way more accomplished than I am.

Vice President Kamala Harris is welcoming her successor, Vice President-elect JD Vance, to the White House. Vance, and his wife Usha Vance, arrived at the North Portico of the White House, where they shook hands and chatted briefly with Harris and her husband,

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff welcome Vice President-elect JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, to the White House