diff --git a/keras_hub/src/models/llama3/llama3_vision_backbone.py b/keras_hub/src/models/llama3/llama3_vision_backbone.py
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+from keras_hub.src.api_export import keras_hub_export
+from keras_hub.src.models.backbone import Backbone
+
+
+@keras_hub_export("keras_hub.models.Llama3VisionBackbone")
+class Llama3VisionBackbone(Backbone):
+    """Llama 3.2 Vision Backbone model.
+
+    This model combines a Vision Encoder (ViT) and a Llama 3 Text Decoder
+    interleaved with Gated Cross-Attention layers.
+
+    Args:
+        config: `Llama3VisionConfig` instance.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config, **kwargs):
+        # TODO(Vivek1106-04): Implement the Vision Encoder integration.
+        # This will initialize the vision tower and the text backbone.
+
+        # Placeholder for input validation
+        if config.vision_encoder_config is None:
+            raise ValueError("`vision_encoder_config` must be provided.")
+
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.config = config
+
+    def call(self, inputs):
+        # TODO(Vivek1106-04): Implement the forward pass.
+        # 1. Process images through Vision Encoder.
+        # 2. Process text through Embedding.
+        # 3. Pass through Decoder layers with Cross-Attention.
+        return inputs
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        # serialization_lib requires a python dict, not a custom object
+        config = super().get_config()
+        config.update({"config": self.config.get_config()})
+        return config
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_config(cls, config):
+        # We must manually deserialize the nested config object
+        from keras_hub.src.models.llama3.llama3_vision_config import (
+            Llama3VisionConfig,
+        )
+
+        config_data = config.pop("config")
+        vision_config = Llama3VisionConfig(**config_data)
+        return cls(config=vision_config, **config)
diff --git a/keras_hub/src/models/llama3/llama3_vision_config.py b/keras_hub/src/models/llama3/llama3_vision_config.py
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+from keras_hub.src.api_export import keras_hub_export
+from keras_hub.src.models.llama3.llama3_backbone import Llama3Backbone
+
+
+@keras_hub_export("keras_hub.models.Llama3VisionConfig")
+class Llama3VisionConfig(Llama3Backbone):
+    """Configuration for the Llama 3.2 Vision Backbone.
+
+    This class extends `Llama3Backbone` to include parameters for the
+    vision encoder and the gated cross-attention mechanism used in
+    Llama 3.2 multimodal models (11B and 90B).
+
+    Args:
+        vision_encoder_config: dict or config instance. The configuration
+            for the vision encoder (ViT-like architecture).
+        vision_projection_dim: int. The dimension of the projection layer
+            that maps vision features to the text embedding space.
+        cross_attention_layers: list of int. The indices of the transformer
+            layers that should include gated cross-attention blocks.
+            For Llama 3.2 11B, this is typically every 4th layer.
+        **kwargs: Arguments for the parent `Llama3Backbone`.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        vision_encoder_config=None,
+        vision_projection_dim=4096,
+        cross_attention_layers=None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.vision_encoder_config = vision_encoder_config
+        self.vision_projection_dim = vision_projection_dim
+        # Default to empty list if generic Llama3 is initialized without vision
+        self.cross_attention_layers = cross_attention_layers or []
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        config = super().get_config()
+
+        # specific fix for "vision_encoder_config is not JSON serializable"
+        vision_config_val = self.vision_encoder_config
+        if hasattr(vision_config_val, "get_config"):
+            vision_config_val = vision_config_val.get_config()
+
+        config.update(
+            {
+                "vision_encoder_config": vision_config_val,
+                "vision_projection_dim": self.vision_projection_dim,
+                "cross_attention_layers": self.cross_attention_layers,
+            }
+        )
+        return config