In another time, JD and Usha Vance were the poster couple for the “new American faith.” Not the faith of purity rings and megachurches, but the faith of pluralism — where a Catholic convert could thank his Hindu wife for reminding him what God felt like. Back then, he called her the reason he re-discovered Christianity. She was the quiet force behind Hillbilly Elegy, the one who steered the angry ex-Marine from nihilism to prayer. The Times of India noted that her Hindu upbringing “deeply impacted [her] husband’s view on spirituality.” Even Catholic Standard chronicled how Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism was something “his wife told him was good for him.” It was, for a while, America’s favourite interfaith love story. But that was then — before the MAGA base demanded its pound

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