Ms. Vance, editor of the Yale Law Journal, would advise Mr. Vance on maintaining relationships with professors and sharpening his writing. At the RNC, the two reportedly went over each other’s speeches before addressing the crowd in Wisconsin.

She embarked on a high-flying legal career after college, clerking for John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and Brett Kavanaugh, who Trump would eventually elevate from the District of Columbia appeals court to the Supreme Court.

“Maybe I’m getting a little too cocky or a little too proud. I just remind myself that she is much more talented than I am,” 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 resigned in July as a corporate attorney for the California-based law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson in San Francisco to “focus on caring for our family.” A spokesperson described her as an “excellent lawyer”.

Since her husband was announced as Trump’s running mate, her rise to the upper echelons of the Republican Party has not been smooth sailing.

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

Although she has kept a relatively low profile during the campaign, she has occasionally emerged 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 say anything to hurt someone who was trying to have a family, who was really struggling with that,” she said.