India, Oct. 31 -- US Vice President JD Vance expressed hope that his wife, Usha Vance, who was raised in the Hindu faith, will "one day be moved" by the Christian gospel, and his remarks have sparked discussion amid increasing polarization over religion and immigration in America.

Speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Mississippi on Wednesday, Vance talked about faith and family, responding to a question about whether his wife would "come to Christ."

"Most Sundays, Usha comes with me to church. Do I hope, eventually, that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, I genuinely hope so because I believe in the Christian gospel and wish my wife would see it the same way someday," Vance said.

Vance, who ...