US Vice President JD Vance, who publicly hoped his wife Usha, raised Hindu, would convert to Christianity, defended his position in the face of criticism.
JD Vance, a fervent Catholic who converted in 2019, on Friday described the criticism arising from his statements as “anti-Christian bigotry.”
Turning Point USA, the ultraconservative movement founded by Charlie Kirk, who was shot in the neck on another campus in the country in September, asked the 41-year-old father about raising his three children in an interfaith marriage during an event at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday.
“God says everyone has free will.”
“Do I hope that she ends up being affected by the same thing that affected me in the church? Yes, honestly, I really do,” he responded.
“But if that’s not the case, God says everyone has free will, and so I don’t have a problem with that,” he added. His statements were the subject of criticism on social networks.
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“She’s not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage – or any interfaith relationship – I hope that one day she sees things the way I do,” he continued on X.
Usha Vance was born in California, San Diego, to parents who emigrated from India. She told Fox News in 2024 that their Hindu religion helped them become “really good people.” The couple met at Yale Law School and married in 2014.
JD Vance grew up in an evangelical faith and had a chaotic and private childhood, as recounted in his seminal autobiography, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Since converting to Catholicism, the US vice president has frequently spoken about how his faith has influenced his conservative political views.
Source: BFM TV
