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vice president JD Vance A group of college students in Mississippi is facing sharp criticism after telling them that their hopes Hindu wife, second woman Usha VanceShe will give up her faith and become a Christian.
The vice president was speaking at an event at the University of Mississippi sponsored by Turning Point USA, the group founded by the slain Christian conservative activist. charlie kirkWhen a questioner referred to his wife’s religious background.
Vance responded that his wife grew up in a “not particularly religious” Hindu family and said that they always had an open conversation on religious matters when it came to how they were raising their three children – two of whom attended Christian schools and all three of whom were raised in the Christian faith.
After noticing that Usha often goes to church with him, he said that he hopes she will someday be “inspired” by the same things that led him to convert to Catholicism as an adult.
He said, “I honestly want this because I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope that eventually, my wife will see it the same way.”
“If she doesn’t do it, God says, everyone has free will, so it doesn’t cause a problem for me. It’s something you work on.”
Vance’s comments, which were broadcast on Fox News and online by Turning Point, upset some users on X.
An Indian-American commentator named Deep Barot also mocked Vance’s suggestion that his wife was “agnostic” at one point after she acknowledged that she was raised in the Hindu tradition.
“Usha Vance is Hindu, not agnostic, it’s not too hard for you to follow. She also had a Vedic Hindu marriage and one of her children was named after her.” [sic] There is discretion,” he said.
Barot said Vance was “the biggest hypocrite” for downplaying his wife’s background and that he would face problems for a potential 2028 presidential run as a result.
Another Indian commentator, Nirmalya Dutta, called Vance “a class A hypocrite” for the same reason and said that the Vice President credited his wife’s faith in rekindling his interest in her.
Transgender activist Ari Drennen suggested that his comments could end her marriage.
“He’s going to become the first vice president to get a divorce while in office,” she said. For her part, Usha Vance has said she has no intention of abandoning her family’s faith in favor of her husband.
In an interview with conservative commentator Meghan McCain in June, Vance said that he and the Vice President had “a lot of conversations” about faith when he was considering converting to Catholicism and added that his decision “came with a lot of important obligations, like raising my child in the faith and all that.”
She said at the time that she had “no intention of converting or anything like that” and told McCain that she and her husband had given their children “every option” to experience their respective religious traditions.
“The kids know I’m not Catholic, and they have plenty of access to everything from the Hindu tradition, to the books, to the things we show them, my recent trip to India and some of the religious elements of that trip,” he said.