JD Vance defends remarks on interfaith marriage

Vice President JD Vance defended remarks about his faith and his Hindu-raised wife after criticism followed a Turning Point USA event. Vance said he hopes Usha Vance may one day embrace Christianity but respects her free will, noting she often joins him at church. After an X user accused him of throwing her religion “under the bus,” he called the post “disgusting,” labeled it “anti-Christian bigotry,” and said he was being candid about their interfaith marriage. Vance added that his wife encouraged his return to faith and has no plans to convert.