The religious faith of Trump running mate JD Vance – who converted to Catholicism in 2019 – is gathering wider scrutiny because his wife is a Hindu.
Usha Chilukuri Vance is the daughter of immigrants from Andhra Pradesh, a south-eastern state in India with a population that is 90 per cent Hindu. The vice-presidential candidate’s wife was born in California.
Her father, Krish Chilukuri, is an aerospace engineer and university lecturer, and her mother, Lakshmi, is a professor of molecular biology.
“I did grow up in a religious household. My parents are Hindu. That was one of the things that made them good parents, made them good people,” Vance told Fox & Friends in June.
