JD Vance expresses hope his wife, who is Hindu, converts to Christianity – Straight Arrow News

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Vice President JD Vance told a crowd he hopes his wife Usha, who is Hindu, someday converts to Christianity.
Social media users criticized JD Vance’s remarks, saying he appeared to dismiss Usha Vance's religion in favor of his own.
The vice president pushed back at critics Friday, saying he was merely answering a question about his interfaith marriage while noting Usha Vance's reluctance on converting.
Vice President JD Vance is facing sharp online criticism after saying this week he hopes his wife, Usha, a practicing Hindu, becomes a Christian. JD Vance made the comments at a Turning Point USA event, where Erika Kirk, the widow of the organization’s founder Charlie Kirk, spoke about her slain husband’s religious faith.
JD Vance told an audience of thousands at the University of Mississippi that he wished for his wife to convert to Christianity because their children are being raised under the faith. He was answering a question about how he balances his faith with his wife’s in a multi-racial, -religious and -cultural home.
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“I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way,” JD Vance said. “But if she doesn’t, then God says everybody has free will, and so that doesn’t cause a problem for me.”
JD Vance said neither he nor his wife grew up with strong religious beliefs. But their children are involved in the church, he said, and his wife attends services with him. He added that she is closer than he is with the priests. 
Online commentators criticized JD Vance’s remarks, sharing images of his interfaith wedding. It featured readings from the Bible and a blessing by a Hindu pundit blessing, according to The New York Times. JD Vance reportedly converted to Catholicism in 2019, five years into his marriage.
Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha married in 2014 in an interfaith ceremony featuring  a Hindu pundit and a Bible reading.
“Rather than defending his wife’s dignity, he’s giving in to the noise, treating his wife’s faith like a political liability all while trying to please the MAGA base that treats it like a revulsive blot,” Shubhangi Sharma, news editor of India-based News18, wrote on X.
JD Vance fired back at critics on X, writing in part that Usha Vance doesn’t have plans to convert and he wasn’t going to avoid answering the person’s question. 
“…Like many people in an interfaith marriage — or any interfaith relationship — I hope she may one day see things as I do,” he wrote Friday. 
In his speech in Mississippi, JD Vance said Usha Vance grew up in a Hindu family but was not particularly religious. When they met, he said, they were regarded as agnostic or atheist but became more religious as their marriage progressed. 
That differed from what Usha Vance told Fox News last year about her family being religious and making an impression on her family values. The interview profiled the couple before President Donald Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate.
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“That was one of the things that made them such good parents, that made them really very good people,” Usha Vance said at the time.
JD Vance’s comments followed Erika Kirk’s opening remarks, where she spoke about her husband’s ideals for Turning Point USA and its direction since his assassination in September. 
Kirk cited biblical scriptures and claimed that individual rights came from God rather than a government. She added her husband felt the nation’s founding fathers believed freedom and virtue can only come with a belief in God, which wasn’t prevalent in other nations.
VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE IS FACING BACKLASH AFTER HE TOLD A TURNING POINT USA CROWD HE HOPED FOR HIS WIFE USHA — A PRACTICING HINDU — TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.
[VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE]
“DO I HOPE EVENTUALLY THAT SHE IS SOMEHOW MOVED BY THE SAME THING THAT I WAS MOVED IN BY CHURCH? YES.”
THOSE COMMENTS CAUSED A STIR ONLINE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT RESPONDED TO A QUESTION ABOUT HIS INTERFAITH MARRIAGE. HE LATER ADDED THAT IF SHE DOES NOT CONVERT, IT IS THE FREE WILL OF GOD AND DOES NOT CREATE PROBLEMS FOR HIM.
THAT DID NOT COMFORT SOCIAL MEDIA USERS. IN ONE POST, THE NEWS EDITOR OF INDIA-BASED NEWS EIGHTEEN WROTE ON X THAT VANCE IS
“TREATING HIS WIFE’S FAITH LIKE A POLITICAL LIABILITY.”
THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHO SPOKE AT THE EVENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, DEFENDED HIS COMMENTS FRIDAY. HE SAID HE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION AND NOTED THAT USHA DOES NOT HAVE PLANS TO CONVERT.
HE ADDED
[VANCE]
“MY WIFE — AS I SAID AT THE TPUSA — IS THE MOST AMAZING BLESSING I HAVE IN MY LIFE.”
“MY ATTITUDE IS YOU FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT AS A FAMILY AND YOU TRUST IN GOD TO HAVE A PLAN, AND YOU TRY TO FOLLOW IT AS BEST AS YOU CAN.”
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JD Vance's public remarks about his wife's faith highlight ongoing public discussions around religious diversity, interfaith marriage and the expectations placed on political figures’ personal lives.
The dynamic between JD Vance and his wife, who come from different religious backgrounds, demonstrates common challenges and considerations faced by interfaith couples, especially in the public eye.
JD Vance’s comments about his wife’s potential religious conversion prompted strong reactions online, showcasing how statements by public officials about personal matters quickly become topics of public debate.
Vance’s statements at a political event, as well as related commentary on faith and government, raise questions about the intersection of personal belief systems and political campaigning.
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