'Which tribe?': JD Vance reveals his mother's shocking question about Usha Vance's Indian origin
US Vice President JD Vance recently appeared on British entrepreneur and podcaster Steven Bartlett 's podcast Diary of a CEO . While talking about his family, the VP touched upon an anecdote from his personal life, revealing his mother's reaction upon knowing about Usha.
Talking to Bartlett, Vance said that his greatest regret is that his grandmother, whom he called Mamaw, never had the chance to meet his wife, Usha. “My biggest regret with Mamaw is just that she never met Usha,” Vance said. “There’s something so similar about them, but so different.”
He revealed he thought of both women as intelligent, outspoken and strong-willed despite coming from vastly different backgrounds. He added that his Mamaw and Usha had a striking similarity, their bluntness. “Usha just doesn’t have a filter,” Vance said. “It’s one of the things I was immediately attracted to about her, that even if she was going to offend you, she was going to say exactly what was on her mind.”
Vance said his mother, grandmother and wife came from very different worlds, yet he believes they shared many similar qualities and would have formed a close bond. “They came from very different worlds, both mom and Usha, but also Mamaw and Usha,” he said. “I really wish those two people could have met because they’re amazing people.”
He also recalled a question his mother once asked about Usha. “She said, ‘What is she like ethnically?’ And I said, ‘Mom, she’s Indian.’ And my mom says, ‘Which tribe?’” Vance laughed as he went on to say how unfamiliar his family was with cultures outside their own.
Talking to Bartlett, Vance said that his greatest regret is that his grandmother, whom he called Mamaw, never had the chance to meet his wife, Usha. “My biggest regret with Mamaw is just that she never met Usha,” Vance said. “There’s something so similar about them, but so different.”
He revealed he thought of both women as intelligent, outspoken and strong-willed despite coming from vastly different backgrounds. He added that his Mamaw and Usha had a striking similarity, their bluntness. “Usha just doesn’t have a filter,” Vance said. “It’s one of the things I was immediately attracted to about her, that even if she was going to offend you, she was going to say exactly what was on her mind.”
Vance said his mother, grandmother and wife came from very different worlds, yet he believes they shared many similar qualities and would have formed a close bond. “They came from very different worlds, both mom and Usha, but also Mamaw and Usha,” he said. “I really wish those two people could have met because they’re amazing people.”
He also recalled a question his mother once asked about Usha. “She said, ‘What is she like ethnically?’ And I said, ‘Mom, she’s Indian.’ And my mom says, ‘Which tribe?’” Vance laughed as he went on to say how unfamiliar his family was with cultures outside their own.
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