Vance’s book cover contains an embarrassing blunder as he is ready to talk about his conversion to Catholicism
Vice President J.D. Vance’s upcoming memoir about him conversion to catholicism It contains an embarrassing slip – the idyllic church pictured on the front cover is not Catholic.
Vance, 41, announced Tuesday: Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith It would be released on June 16. The cover of the book, which will be published by Harper, the flagship of HarperCollins, features a stunning white church in rural Appalachia.
Although Vance was a devoted Catholic, the image chosen for the cover of his book is Mount Zion Church in Elk Creek, Virginia, a United Methodist house of worship. The Bulwark’s national political correspondent, Joe Perticone.
“Mount Zion is undeniably photogenic, which is why it’s also a popular stock image,” Perticone wrote. “Given that the vice president has been outspoken about his Catholic faith, Vance’s choice of photo struck me as odd.”
Vance’s 2016 memoir, Peasant LamentIt raised his public profile and laid the foundation for his career in politics. Published by HarperCollins in 2016, this book tells the story of her growing up in Middletown, Ohio, and the summers she spent with her family in Appalachia.
Vice President J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy raised his public profile and laid the foundation for his career in politics (Getty Images)
Vance announced Tuesday that Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith will be released June 16 (AP)
The book also gave Vance a reputation as someone who could help explain Trump’s appeal to Middle America, especially among rural, working-class white voters.
Vance’s new book Defined by HarperCollins As a frank explanation of why the vice president “turned away from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to the faith.”
Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019.
“The story of how I regained my faith, of course, only happened because I had lost it in the beginning,” Vance said of the new book, according to the publisher’s press release.
Vance’s 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, raised his public profile and laid the foundation for his career in politics. Published by HarperCollins in 2016, this book tells the story of her growing up in Middletown, Ohio, and the summers she spent with her family in Appalachia.
“The interesting question that hovers over this book and in my mind is why I strayed from this path. Why the Christian faith of my youth did not take proper root.”
A spokesman for Vance referred questions to the publisher. Independent Contacted HarperCollins for comment.
Vance, a harsh critic of Trump, was elected as vice president in the 2024 elections. During a debate against Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, Vance said he was misled by “dishonest fabrications” when he compared Trump to Hitler.
Speculation is mounting that Vance will run for president in 2028. Many presidential candidates publish books before announcing their campaigns. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro recently published their memoirs and are rumored to be running for office in the Democratic Party.
