JD Vance has said he hopes his wife, second lady Usha Vance, converts to Christianity.
The US vice president, a staunch Catholic, said on Wednesday that Mrs Vance, who was raised as a Hindu, regularly attends church with him and that they had raised their children as Christians.
Speaking to students at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, Mr Vance said his wife had been raised in a “not particularly religious” Hindu household and that when they met, both would have considered themselves agnostics.
“Do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing I was moved by [in] church?” he asked. “Yes. I honestly do wish that. Because I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually, my wife comes to see it the same way.
“But if she doesn’t, then God says that everybody has free will, and so that doesn’t cause a problem for me. That’s something you work out with your friends, with your family, with the person that you love
He added: “One of the most important Christian principles is that you respect free will.”
