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Republican vice-presidential nominee has grown in faith thanks to his grandmother, an admired uncle, Dominicans and his confirmation saint.
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance is one of the most overtly religious major politicians in America.
Vance has written extensively about his life in faith, both in a mega-selling memoir and in a long essay that describes how a drug-using teenager with anger problems, family problems, school problems and doubts about God became an accomplished, successful family man excited about being a Catholic.
But nowadays, he’s also the most questioned of religious politicians, as pro-lifers ask if he’s still one of them.
Where did he come from in faith? And how did he get where he is now?
Vance, who comes from a long line of culturally Protestant Scots-Irish Americans from Appalachia, was baptized Catholic in August 2019.
Below are 13 items about his meandering journey to Rome and the aftermath, drawn largely from his 3-million-copy-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy; and a 6,777-word essayhe wrote about his conversion for the Easter 2020 issue of The Lamp, a Catholic magazine.
Vance also talked about his conversion in an August 2019 interview with Rod Dreher published in The American Conservative.
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Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance is one of the most overtly religious major politicians in America.
Vance has written extensively about his life in faith, both in a mega-selling memoir and in a long essay that describes how a drug-using teenager with anger problems, family problems, school problems and doubts about God became an accomplished, successful family man excited about being a Catholic.
But nowadays, he’s also the most questioned of religious politicians, as pro-lifers ask if he’s still one of them.
Where did he come from in faith? And how did he get where he is now?
Vance, who comes from a long line of culturally Protestant Scots-Irish Americans from Appalachia, was baptized Catholic in August 2019.
Below are 13 items about his meandering journey to Rome and the aftermath, drawn largely from his 3-million-copy-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy; and a 6,777-word essayhe wrote about his conversion for the Easter 2020 issue of The Lamp, a Catholic magazine.
Vance also talked about his conversion in an August 2019 interview with Rod Dreher published in The American Conservative.
Continued below.
13 Things to Know About J.D. Vance’s Catholic Journey
Republican vice-presidential nominee has grown in faith thanks to his grandmother, an admired uncle, Dominicans and his confirmation saint.
