JD Vance Slams ‘Bigoted’ Claims Over Wife Usha’s Faith, Says Conversion Rumours Baseless

US Vice President JD Vance on Friday strongly defended his comments about his wife Usha Vance’s Hindu faith, saying she “is not a Christian and has no plans to convert,”

While condemning what he described as “anti-Christian bigotry” in the backlash that followed his remarks.

In a detailed post on X, Vance said critics were deliberately misrepresenting his comments made earlier this week at a university event. “What a disgusting comment, and it’s hardly been the only one along these lines,” he wrote, responding to accusations that he had disrespected his wife’s religion.

The controversy erupted after Vance, speaking at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, said he hoped his wife — who was raised Hindu — might one day share his Christian faith. “Most Sundays she will come with me to church. Do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved in by church? Yeah, I honestly do wish that,” he had said.

When asked whether he wanted her to “come to Christ,” Vance clarified that faith was deeply personal and that their interfaith marriage had never faced conflict over belief. “If she doesn’t, then God says everybody has free will, and so that doesn’t cause a problem for me,” he added.

Following intense criticism online, Vance said his statement had been taken out of context. “She is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in interfaith marriages, I hope she may one day see things as I do. Regardless, I’ll continue to love and support her because she’s my wife,” he wrote.

He also noted that Usha — who encouraged him years ago to reconnect with his Christian faith — remained his “greatest blessing.” Vance accused his critics of using the controversy to stoke prejudice. “Posts like this reek of anti-Christian bigotry,” he wrote. “Christians have beliefs, and one of them is that we want to share them. That’s completely normal.”

Vance, who married Usha, an Indian-origin lawyer he met at Yale Law School, said he had no reason to avoid questions about his family given his public role. “I’m a public figure, and people are curious,” he said. “I wasn’t going to dodge the question.”

The couple have two children and have often spoken about balancing their interfaith household with mutual respect and shared values.