Ms. Vance, the editor of the Yale Law Journal, advised Mr. Vance on cultivating relationships with professors and refining his writing. At the RNC, the pair reportedly sat through each other’s speeches before addressing the crowd in Wisconsin.

After college, she began a high-profile legal career, clerking for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh, whom Trump would eventually elevate to the Supreme Court from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

“Maybe I get a little too cocky or a little too proud. I just remember that she is much more successful than me,” Mr. Vance said in a podcast in 2020.

“People don’t realize how brilliant she is.”

Racist abuse

The couple married in 2014 and have three children, two sons, Ewan and Vivek, and a daughter, Mirabel.

Ms. Vance stepped down from her role as a corporate litigator for San Francisco, California-based law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson in July to “focus on caring for our family.” A spokesman described her as an “outstanding lawyer.”

Since her husband was announced as Trump’s running mate, her rise to the upper echelons of the Republican Party hasn’t been entirely smooth.

Ms. Vance, a devout Hindu, and her children have been the victims of racist abuse from the far right on social media.

While she kept a relatively low profile during the campaign, she occasionally appeared to soften her husband’s public image.

The Ohio senator has endured months of negative headlines since joining the Republican Party after his comments about the country being run by “childless cat ladies” resurfaced.

Speaking to Fox News in August, Ms Vance described the comments as a “joke” and tried to downplay them.

He would “never, ever, ever want to say anything to hurt someone who is trying to start a family, who is really struggling with it,” she said.