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riversedge

(81,220 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:15 PM Apr 1

'Communion': Is JD Vance preparing 2028 presidential run with release of new book?

Source: yahoo.com


David Mouriquand Wed, April 1, 2026 at 3:38 AM CDT


US Vice President JD Vance is set to release a new book, titled “Communion: Finding My Way Back To Faith” in June.

The 304-page book, published by HarperCollins, chronicles his personal spiritual journey from Christianity to atheism and his eventual conversion to Catholicism in 2019.

This marks Vance's second book following his popular 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy”, which was adapted on the big screen in a critically mauled 2020 film directed by Ron Howard, starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams.



Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/communion-jd-vance-preparing-2028-081026315.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall



Buying or reading Vance's new book is the last thing I would do.


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JD Vance's upcoming book on his conversion to Catholicism uses a Methodist church on the cover.

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'Communion': Is JD Vance preparing 2028 presidential run with release of new book? (Original Post) riversedge Apr 1 OP
I suspect that the only conversion Vance has had is to lying and clutching power. Lonestarblue Apr 1 #1
I don't see much Jesus in J.D. the politician? pwb Apr 1 #2
The Catholic Church will have a field day with this JBTaurus83 Apr 1 #3
What is his chosen faith? At one point he converted to Hinduism. Not that there's anything wrong with that specifically ChicagoTeamster Apr 1 #9
BAN it or BURN it, you choose vapor2 Apr 1 #4
I'd rather smash my face... purr-rat beauty Apr 1 #5
Church pews are harder to fuck and less pleasurable than sofas Blue Owl Apr 1 #6
I think the title should be kacekwl Apr 1 #7
Re his comment to Dana Bash, he has no idea he's CAUSING the suffering. By playing loyal pet without a peep, Vinca Apr 1 #8
Can heretics receive the sacrament of communion in the Catholic church? ChicagoTeamster Apr 1 #10
They're not supposed to. BlueKota Apr 1 #23
I was quoted $750 LtTx Apr 1 #25
Must have depended on the Priests in charge BlueKota Apr 1 #27
Guess when you take another vacation every two weeks you have time Bengus81 Apr 1 #11
Only after he's used ill gotten gains to buy up millions of them himself so he can go on FOX and gloat LiberalLovinLug Apr 1 #14
Flashback to Whitley Streiber's book of the same name. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 1 #12
When you feature a United Methodist Church on cover AND have the POPE calling you out for your hlthe2b Apr 1 #13
It seems like Pope Leo doesn't think JD BlueKota Apr 1 #15
I wish the Pope would ex communicate him. NT LtTx Apr 1 #26
Me too BlueKota Apr 1 #37
I don't think Vance has a snowball's chance in hell when it comes to becoming president. Martin68 Apr 1 #16
George W Bush - a drooling idiot Mysterian Apr 1 #19
I'd say he has a better chance than any VP since Bush Sr. Polybius Apr 1 #30
Well, except for Gore and Biden. : ) NT LtTx Apr 2 #44
...... LiberalLovinLug Apr 1 #17
Do not leave him alone with children, or women, or furniture. twodogsbarking Apr 1 #18
Communion with Couch PuraVidaDreamin Apr 1 #20
I will expect to see shelves of this book at local thrift shops DBoon Apr 1 #21
Wondered where he went Red Mountain Apr 1 #22
Anagram for onmium coin (aha! his new crypto currency) You saw it here first. usonian Apr 1 #24
"Just Dance" Vance sop Apr 1 #28
Now there's a person full of more shit than Trump. oasis Apr 1 #29
He's a big asshole that's proven himself unworthy of any position in government mdbl Apr 1 #31
Wasn't this book about aliens? Diraven Apr 1 #32
The only book husky boy there should be thinking about Buddyzbuddy Apr 1 #33
I'd forgotten about the '24 quote. area51 Apr 1 #34
"It will be available in June, but you can pre-order today . . . " AverageOldGuy Apr 1 #35
Vance does not follow the Pope bmichaelh Apr 1 #36
You know the best thing about this Diraven Apr 2 #38
Maybe he will be successful in having his insurrectionists hang his VP this time. travelingthrulife Apr 2 #46
In a word: YES! calimary Apr 2 #39
Typical RW Presidential Tactic bmichaelh Apr 2 #40
Yup lonely bird Apr 2 #43
Trump frolicking with the evangelicals occurs all the time. travelingthrulife Apr 2 #47
found his way back to faith Skittles Apr 2 #41
Personally, this is even more reason to never let him anywhere near the 'Big Chair'. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2 #42
Still playing christian for the phony evangelical christians. travelingthrulife Apr 2 #45

Lonestarblue

(13,530 posts)
1. I suspect that the only conversion Vance has had is to lying and clutching power.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:21 PM
Apr 1

He likes the rich life provided by Peter Thiel and has convinced himself that he is presidential material. He is mostly an unprincipled opportunist. How does he rationalize his many lies with Catholic doctrine and the Bible’s many verses calling lying an abomination in the eyes of the Lord?

pwb

(12,737 posts)
2. I don't see much Jesus in J.D. the politician?
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:26 PM
Apr 1

Communion almost has the word unite right in it. How do you unite us J.D.?

You are as usual the opposite of your book title.

JBTaurus83

(1,562 posts)
3. The Catholic Church will have a field day with this
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:37 PM
Apr 1

He doesn’t follow a single tenet of his own chosen faith.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,109 posts)
9. What is his chosen faith? At one point he converted to Hinduism. Not that there's anything wrong with that specifically
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:56 PM
Apr 1

But, was it for a sincere reason if he comes hopping back to Catholicism to please Christian conservatives (probably won't because Evangelicals don't like Catholics) even though his politics are at odds with the teachings of Christ and his affair with Erika Kirk isn't biblical either. If he divorces Usha for Erika the Catholic church won't honor his new marriage, but Evangelicals will so will he switch again?

He has no core values that don't benefit his political and financial situation at the present moment.

Vinca

(54,167 posts)
8. Re his comment to Dana Bash, he has no idea he's CAUSING the suffering. By playing loyal pet without a peep,
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:52 PM
Apr 1

he's abetting all our economic woes and all our lack of needed services that have been taken away. He's putting his stamp of approval on endless war and the construction of ballrooms. He no more deserves to be POTUS than Kid Rock.

BlueKota

(5,443 posts)
23. They're not supposed to.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:30 PM
Apr 1

Heck they didn't let my parents receive communion because my Dad and his first wife divorced long before he married my Mom. He was willing to have the first one annulled so he and my Mom could be married in the Church and they could both still receive Communion, until he found out they expected him to pay a large sum of money so a priest could go to Rome and get permission from the Vatican. Luckily one of the more progressive Priests many years later said he would give my Dad last rights right before he died, and he told my Mom he would allow her to receive communion. I understand both Popes Francis and Leo were and are against excommunication because of divorce.

J.D. on the other hand supports the war, and the brutality against the immigrants, and Pope Leo has made it very clear he stands against both those stances. I think he is my favorite Pope so far in my lifetime!

Unfortunately, some American Priests are giving their loyalty to tsf and his minions rather than the Pope, and more importantly Jesus and God. Likely why J.D. won't face consequences.

LtTx

(82 posts)
25. I was quoted $750
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:40 PM
Apr 1

Back in 93 or 94. Hou-Gal Diocese. Sister said hers didn't cost anything in Phoenix in 2019. I chose not to pursue it

BlueKota

(5,443 posts)
27. Must have depended on the Priests in charge
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:51 PM
Apr 1

of the different dioceses. My father died in 1991 and Father Donnelly, our pastor then, was an example for me of what I wished more Priests were like. My parents marriage was in the late 50s. He always said the pastor back then just wanted a free trip to Rome.

I don't blame you for not pursuing it. I will never forget Father Donnelly saying from the Pulpit at my Dad's funeral mass, "People are petty, God isn't."

Bengus81

(10,258 posts)
11. Guess when you take another vacation every two weeks you have time
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:58 PM
Apr 1

to write a book. That POS will be in the $5.00 bin quickly.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,714 posts)
14. Only after he's used ill gotten gains to buy up millions of them himself so he can go on FOX and gloat
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:41 PM
Apr 1

50 Shades Of Blue

(11,448 posts)
12. Flashback to Whitley Streiber's book of the same name.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:35 PM
Apr 1

Streiber's Communion was about his family's experiences with aliens, and actually pretty fascinating. There was an illustration of a "grey" (big bug-eyed alien) on the cover. One of the funniest things I (as a one-time Catholic schoolgirl) was a parody illustration of the cover, where the alien was wearing a holy communion veil.

I put more stuck in aliens than J.D. Vance having any belief system other than feathering his own nest.

hlthe2b

(114,254 posts)
13. When you feature a United Methodist Church on cover AND have the POPE calling you out for your
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:38 PM
Apr 1

"bastardization" (sorry, but that is the truthful descriptor) of Jesus' message with respect to the poor, the immigrant, war, and every other absolute of true Christianity--not to mention Catholicism, I'd bet your book is going to backfire on you, Vance. And it should.

BlueKota

(5,443 posts)
15. It seems like Pope Leo doesn't think JD
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:51 PM
Apr 1

is a faithful practitioner of Catholicism. I haven't gone to Mass in a longtime myself, but being raised Catholic, I agree with the Pope on this opinion. J.D.'s take on the subject in this book is likely to be inaccurate and hypocritical. Hard pass for me.

Mysterian

(6,576 posts)
19. George W Bush - a drooling idiot
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:54 PM
Apr 1

Donald Trump - an obvious con man.

The USA will have whatever president the propaganda masters desire.

Polybius

(22,011 posts)
30. I'd say he has a better chance than any VP since Bush Sr.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:13 PM
Apr 1

Trump is old and in bad health. Vance would take over immediately.

DBoon

(25,078 posts)
21. I will expect to see shelves of this book at local thrift shops
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:59 PM
Apr 1

right next to "Dianetics", written by a different religious fraud

usonian

(26,009 posts)
24. Anagram for onmium coin (aha! his new crypto currency) You saw it here first.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:37 PM
Apr 1

also
uncommon
moon cumin
onion {unprintable}



unchecked. You go get 'em.
Maybe he could write about his Dad.



That would make some movie.

mdbl

(8,719 posts)
31. He's a big asshole that's proven himself unworthy of any position in government
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:57 PM
Apr 1

of course, the dumbass magats won't think so.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,750 posts)
33. The only book husky boy there should be thinking about
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 10:22 PM
Apr 1

is the one that's going to be thrown at this whole damn Administration.

area51

(12,723 posts)
34. I'd forgotten about the '24 quote.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:00 PM
Apr 1

Since he admitted it, the press should always refer to him as "admitted liar JD Vance".

AverageOldGuy

(4,020 posts)
35. "It will be available in June, but you can pre-order today . . . "
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:30 PM
Apr 1

Sure thing, JD. I'll get right on it.

bmichaelh

(1,223 posts)
36. Vance does not follow the Pope
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:30 PM
Apr 1

The Pope recent gave two speeches that are diametrically opposed to Vance.

Pope says universal healthcare is a moral imperative.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pope-leo-calls-universal-healthcare-moral-imperative-2026-03-18/

God does not hear prayers of warmongers.

https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leo-says-god-rejects-prayers-leaders-who-wage-wars-2026-03-29/

I do not expect Vance will ever be excommunicated.



Diraven

(1,933 posts)
38. You know the best thing about this
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:26 AM
Apr 2

If he starts to get any recognition at all for a 2028 campaign, Trump will not tolerate it at all because he has to be the center of attention at all times. And he has to keep his Trump 2028 grift going. The feud will be epic.

calimary

(90,393 posts)
39. In a word: YES!
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:54 AM
Apr 2

In two words: HELL YEAH!!!

In another two words: YES, DAMMIT!!!

I’m voting for a president in 2028. NOT some wanna-be high priest!!!

bmichaelh

(1,223 posts)
40. Typical RW Presidential Tactic
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 04:16 AM
Apr 2

This is a typical right-wing tactic.

Flouting one's religious faith before one runs for president.

Except Trump.

In the words of Bob Dylan's song Positively 4th Street:

"You had no faith to lose and you know it"

It's a little like that scene from Richard III when he is feigning religious devotion and is accompanied by two clerics.
Richard III's goal in the scene is to steal the crown from his nephew.

Press rarely challenges a candidate's avowed religious faith.
For example, why does Vance, a Catholic, not support universal healthcare like the Pope does?

lonely bird

(2,987 posts)
43. Yup
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:02 AM
Apr 2

Two other lines from that song apply as well

“I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes. You’d know what a drag it is to see you.”

travelingthrulife

(5,389 posts)
47. Trump frolicking with the evangelicals occurs all the time.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:23 AM
Apr 2

They adore him because they hate life so much they want it to end.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,327 posts)
42. Personally, this is even more reason to never let him anywhere near the 'Big Chair'.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:34 AM
Apr 2

But, that is just me.

travelingthrulife

(5,389 posts)
45. Still playing christian for the phony evangelical christians.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:20 AM
Apr 2

It's their only voting block left besides oligarchs.

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