Overview
- Photos from a Nov. 19 stop at Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River with Melania Trump showed Usha Vance without a wedding ring, prompting online speculation.
- A spokesperson said the second lady is a busy mother of three who sometimes forgets her ring, rejecting suggestions of marital trouble.
- Attention to the couple intensified after an Oct. 29 Turning Point USA event where JD Vance shared a widely discussed onstage hug with Erika Kirk.
- At the University of Mississippi, JD Vance said he hopes his Hindu-raised wife eventually embraces the Christian gospel, while affirming respect for free will.
- Usha Vance has said she does not plan to convert to Catholicism and that their children, who attend a Catholic school, may choose whether to be baptised.