Overview
- At the University of Mississippi event, Vance said he hopes his Hindu-raised wife will be "moved" by church one day but added that her choice would not be a problem because "everybody has free will."
- He said the couple agreed to raise their three children Christian, noting two attend a Christian school and their eight-year-old completed First Communion about a year ago.
- Usha Vance has previously said she does not intend to convert and that their children have access to Hindu traditions, including books and experiences from a recent trip to India.
- Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019 after earlier describing himself as agnostic or atheist, said his wife often attends church with him on Sundays.
- Following publication of his remarks, social-media reactions included criticism from Indian-American voices who accused Vance of downplaying his wife's Hindu background.