JD Vance and his wife Usha stand on stage at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. (Reuters)

Donald Trump declared victory in the 2024 US presidential election on Wednesday after forecasts from various American media outlets showed his victory against Democratic opponent Kamala Harris.
Addressing his supporters at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida, Trump said, “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate.” He paid tribute to his Vice President JD Vance and praised Vance's Indian-American wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance.
“I want to be the first to congratulate – now I can say congratulations to Vice President-elect JD Vance. And his remarkable and beautiful wife, Usha Vance,” Trump said.
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The rally was attended by Trump's wife Melania Trump, as well as JD and Usha Vance on stage.
Trump described 40-year-old JD Vance as a “lively guy” in his remarks. “And he's a lively guy, isn't he? I said (to him): 'Go to the enemy camp'. And you know that the enemy camp is certain networks. He'll say, 'All right, thanks.' He's really excited about it, and then he just goes and completely obliterates it.
Usha Vance, who could become America's first non-white second lady if Trump returns to office, is from Vadluru, a village in Andhra Pradesh. She met Vance while studying at Yale Law School, the two married in 2014 and went on to have three children.
“We made history tonight for a reason, and that reason will simply be that we overcame obstacles that no one thought possible,” Trump said in his speech. “It is a political victory the likes of which our country has never seen before.”
During his “victory speech,” Trump also thanked Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for supporting the Republican presidential candidate.