 "US Vice President JD Vance with his wife Usha Vance will visit Greenland on March 28. File image/AP")
US Vice President JD Vance will reportedly be travelling to India later this month with his American wife of Indian origin, Usha Vance. The VP is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, who will host a dinner for the Vance family, The Hindu reported citing sources in New Delhi. Vance’s schedule in India would be “largely private,” the sources confirmed.
The report said that the Vances are likely to arrive in India on April 21 for a four-day visit, which would be a sort of ‘heritage tour’ for JD Vance. They will likely visit Jaipur and Agra too.
Earlier, Politico reported that Vance was supposed to travel to India in March but the visit was postponed several times. It will be Vance’s third overseas trip since assuming office in January. His first two trips remained largely controversial, where he first went to France and Germany in February and lambasted European leaders for allegedly violating people’s freedom of speech. Then, last month, he visited Greenland with the second lady of the US amid ruckus over USA’s bid for the Danish island.
More visits by top US officials
The Vances will land in India around the same time when US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz would be in India for a planned visit.
Waltz is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval. He will also speak at the Indo-US Forum organised by the Delhi-based Ananta Centre.
Later this summer, US Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth will visit India ahead of a planned visit by President Donald Trump himself to attend the Quad Summit.
Ahead of the visits by the Vances and Mike Waltz, US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard arrived in India last month. She met with Doval and also held a meeting with PM Modi.
These visits will also mark the first official meetings since the US began enforcing its “reciprocal tariffs” starting Saturday, April 5. The new policy includes a hefty 27 per cent tax on Indian goods. For India, this will be a key moment to directly respond to Washington’s one-sided move — a step that has already shaken global markets and could lead to more economic instability.