US Vice President JD Vance 's wife, Usha Vance , on Monday heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his hospitality after the Vance family visited India in April.

Usha said meeting PM Modi was very special, and her kids put him in the "grandfather category" after meeting him.

"Meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that was really very special. My kids saw him — they were sort of sleep-deprived in Paris, and they saw an Indian man with a white beard and white hair, and they just put him in the grandfather category immediately," Usha said.

"They are very into him; they just love him, and he really cemented his status by giving our five-year-old a birthday present that day. When we were able to visit his home, they just sort of ran up. They were hugging him. He was just incredibly kind and generous to them," said US Second Lady Usha Vance on meeting PM Modi during their visit to India.

Usha claimed that JD Vance had a very productive conversation with PM Modi, and the visit was a real opportunity for them to "cement the personal relationship."