 "US Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance attend the 250th anniversary celebration of the United States Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, California, US, October 18, 2025. File Image/Reuters")
US Vice President JD Vance has addressed the controversy surrounding his wife, Usha Vance’s, religion after he said at an event that he “hopes” she will “convert” to Christianity.
In a post on X, Vance called the backlash against his comment “disgusting” and said, “My Christian faith tells me the Gospel is true and is good for human beings. My wife–as I said at the TPUSA–is the most amazing blessing I have in my life. She herself encouraged me to reengage with my faith many years ago. She is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage–or any interfaith relationship–I hope she may one day see things as I do.”
The controversial statement
Vance received major backlash after he told a group of college students in Mississippi that he hopes Second Lady Usha Vance , who is a Hindu, converts to Christianity. The vice president made the controversial remark while he was speaking at the University of Mississippi at an event sponsored by Turning Point USA , the group founded by slain Christian conservative activist Charlie Kirk .
The comments came after Vance was questioned over his wife’s faith. The former Ohio Senator replied that his wife grew up in what was “not a particularly religious” Hindu family and said they had always had an open dialogue on religious matters when it came to how they wanted to raise their three children.
He went on to mention that Usha often attends church with him and expressed hopes that she will someday be “moved” by the same things that brought him to convert to Catholicism as an adult. “I honestly do wish that because I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually, my wife comes to see it the same way,” he said.