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Usha Vance Is Reading ‘The Iliad.’ Here’s What She Should Be Taking From It

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK

The Greek classic’s latest translator Emily Wilson suggests that some of Homer’s lessons are still all too relevant.

Katie Francis
Katie Francis 

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Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance walks onstage with his wife Usha during a campaign event in Lindale, Georgia on October 4, 2024.
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Homer‘s The Iliad is currently on Usha Vance’s reading list.

JD Vance’s wife has frequently been spotted clutching Emily Wilson’s 2023 translation of the classic text while on the Republican campaign trail—apparently to keep up with her 7-year-old son, who’s “obsessed with mythology,” she told NBC

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Katie Francis

Katie Francis

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