'I grew up in a stable Hindu household': Usha Vance reveals why she didn't convert to Christianity like her husband JD Vance
The world shook with great thunderous anger when at a Turning Point USA event in October 2025, JD Vance said he wished that Usha Vance would eventually convert to Christianity. "Most Sundays, Usha will come with me to church," he said. "Do I hope, eventually, that she is somehow moved by the same th
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The world shook with great thunderous anger when at a Turning Point USA event in October 2025, JD Vance said he wished that Usha Vance would eventually convert to Christianity. "Most Sundays, Usha will come with me to church," he said. "Do I hope, eventually, that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, honestly, I do wish that, because I believe in the Christian gospel and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.”At the time, people were partly enraged on behalf of his Hindu, Indian-origin wife Usha, clutching their pearls over her husband publicly claiming that he would like her to convert to Christianity.Now, in a clip going viral on social media, the couple addressed why Usha has not felt the will to convert.
In a June 14 interview with CBS's Robert Costa, discussing the American VP's upcoming book, 'Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith' they discussed their interfaith marriage and family life.When asked how her own religious faith had evolved alongside her husband and his conversion to Catholicism, Usha said: "I grew up in a Hindu household that was a very stable household.
I have not felt the same need to seek something different that he (JD Vance) has."Vance also shared that Usha once told him that "Therapy didn't work for you; church does." To this Usha replied, “And it's not that therapy doesn't work for other people, but JD just didn't have the right kind of trust in that process,” she continued. “He just didn't feel at home in it, really exploring some of the feelings that he had and trying to figure out how he wanted to be the person that he wanted to be for the rest of his life.”Vance revealed why church works for him, adding that stability comes from not just faith but also organised religion. “And I grew up in some ways a very nontraditional household, you know? A revolving door of people coming in, people coming out, raised by my grandparents at some points, raised by my parents at some points, my mom, my dad,” the vice president said. “So there was a certain movement and chaos to my youth, and I do think that I was searching for something that, again, felt a little bit more rooted and felt a little bit more stable." JD Vance and Usha Chillikuri's love storyAmerica's second couple met each other at Yale Law School and wed in 2014.
The two share three children and have been very vocal about their multi-faith household.
While Usha was raised as a Hindu, JD was an atheist most of his life until he converted to Catholicism in 2019.When asked if there was anything that the world "misunderstood" about their life as a couple and a family, Usha said: “Well, I mean, I think people really cottoned on to the idea at one point that JD was interested in my conversion.”“And I think that that was misunderstood for the fundamental reason that he is Catholic,” she continued. “Part of his faith is wanting to spread his faith, but it's not like he's proselytising to me every day.”Get the latest movie news, reviews, and celebrity updates.
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