WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 18: U.S. Vice President-elect JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance attend the Vice Presidential Dinner at the National Gallery of Art on January 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump-Vance Inauguration Committee organized the fundraising dinner at the National Gallery of Art to be held two days before former President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)on January 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)Eric Thayer/Getty Images
This weekend’s pre-inauguration events offer clues for what to expect. Vice President-elect JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance hosted the vice presidential dinner at the National Gallery of Art on January 18 in Washington, DC. For the black tie event, Usha wore a custom noir velvet gown with asymmetric floral accents and a sweetheart neckline by Oscar de la Renta. Vance wore a classic tuxedo. The incoming vice president’s own clothing choices have been a discussion point for the last few weeks, as he seems to be mirroring Trump’s most outlandish looks, swapping his Silicon Valley-stuck windbreakers, shrunken, single-breasted suits, and chinos for Republican red ties (a Trump signature), and wider-tailored suits. For Saturday’s event, he gave his beard a trim: Something of note, given it’s been more than a century since a sitting president or vice president has had such prominent facial hair.
The incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was also present and wore a navy and black lapel jacket, a white tuxedo shirt with black piping, accessorized with a bow tie and white pocket scarf. His wife, the actor Cheryl Hines, wore an off-the-shoulder black dress with feather detailing.
Tiffany Trump attended with husband Michael Boulos; she wore a black sweetheart neckline dress. Eric Trump with his wife Lara were also present.
