Vice President JD Vance shared personal insights into his faith and family during a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, emphasizing that he and his wife are raising their children in the Christian faith. Vance said his wife, Usha, “did not grow up Christian,” adding, “I think it’s fair to say that she grew up in a Hindu family, but not a particularly religious family in either direction.”
Vance explained, “We’ve decided to raise our kids Christian. Our two oldest kids who go to school, they go to a Christian school. Our 8-year-old did his first communion about a year ago. That’s the way that we have come to our arrangement.”
He also described the importance of communication in a mixed-faith marriage: “The only advice I can give is, you just got to talk to the person that God has put you with and you’ve got to make those decisions as a family unit.”
Vance said he hopes his wife will one day share his faith but added, “God says everybody has free will.”
