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Usha Vance Defends Husband Amid Controversial Memoir Critique

4/5/2026

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Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, promotes him as kind and humorous on Fox News.
She aims to reshape his public image amid controversy over his political brand and his memoir Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, set for June.
The memoir faces criticism for its cover image of a church Vance has never visited and for immigration comments.
Catholic leaders say the comments misinterpret core teachings.

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Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, promotes him as kind and humorous on Fox News.
She aims to reshape his public image amid controversy over his political brand and his memoir Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, set for June.
The memoir faces criticism for its cover image of a church Vance has never visited and for immigration comments.
Catholic leaders say the comments misinterpret core teachings.