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JD Vance Wants His Wife to Make a Major Life Change: ‘I Hope She Is Somehow Moved by Church’

Vice President JD Vance says faith is personal and they agreed to raise their children Christian while respecting Usha's choice not to convert, addressing 10,000 people.

  • On Oct. 29, 2025, Vice President JD Vance said he hopes his wife Usha Vance embraces Christianity, but 'if she doesn't, then God says everybody has free will,' emphasizing marital harmony.
  • Second Lady Usha Vance, a Yale-educated lawyer, has no plans to convert while the couple agreed to raise Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel Christian, sending the two oldest to a Catholic/Christian school.
  • Vance recalled his conversion in 2019 and earlier beliefs, telling the crowd of 10,000 he met Usha Vance when he identified as agnostic or atheist.
  • Critics and commentators accused Vice President JD Vance of downplaying his wife's Hindu background and warned the remarks could harm his marriage and 2028 political prospects.
  • Amid rising debate over immigration and religion, Vance's remarks arrived as discussions intensify on Indian-origin communities and online backlash against public social posts on Diwali.
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Boing Boing broke the news in United States on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
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