Vice President JD Vance’s upcoming memoir, titled ‘Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith’, has drawn attention after it featured a United Methodist church on its cover despite having no Methodist connection.
The 304-page memoir is about Vance becoming a Catholic, and he announced the book on Tuesday, March 31, on social media platform X, mentioning that it narrates his “personal journey” to Catholicism after a period of atheism, the Daily Beast reported.
I’ve been writing this book for a long time, and I’m honored to finally be able to share the full story with you all. Communion is about my personal journey and how I found my way back to faith.
It will be available in June, but you can pre-order today: https://t.co/UANx672Q1S pic.twitter.com/ybtW3tE1KB
— JD Vance (@JDVance) March 31, 2026
The Vice President wrote on X, “I’ve been writing this book for a long time, and I’m honored to finally be able to share the full story with you all. Communion is about my personal journey and how I found my way back to faith.”
However, The Bulwark reported that the rural church shown on the book’s cover is Mount Zion Church in Elk Creek, Virginia, which is part of the United Methodist Church’s Holston Conference.
Moreover, the outlet reported that the image used in the book’s cover is a stock photograph that was previously used to illustrate a Babylon Bee satire piece mocking a local church.
Vance has had a diverse religious journey, from a non-denominational Protestant childhood to a brief period as a Pentecostal teenager attending his father’s church in southeastern Ohio.
Interestingly, the Vice President was an atheist in college before he became a Catholic in August 2019. Dominican priest Father Henry Stephan received him into the faith at St. Gertrude Priory, a Dominican parish in Cincinnati, following months of theological instruction.
As of 2026, Vance is actively involved in church, attends Mass, and has raised his children in the faith.
Meanwhile, since becoming the Vice President, JD Vance has often clashed with Catholic leadership for using his faith to justify the President Donald Trump administration’s deportation drive.
The National Catholic Reporter had also rebuked the VP, calling his Catholicism “little more than a political prop,” and drew criticism from figures including Pope Francis and Leo XIV.
Following the announcement of his forthcoming memoir, several social media users chimed in the comment section of his X post to take a jab at the Vice President.
An X user @saltybydesign_ wrote, “Writing a book about faith right before an election cycle is the political equivalent of updating your LinkedIn profile just before you ask for a promotion.”
Similarly, @EFHutton123 also trolled the VP and wrote, “Why is the VP hawking a book? Trump doesn’t give you enough to do?”
Why is the VP hawking a book? Trump doesn’t give you enough to do?
— EFHutton (@EFHutton123) April 1, 2026
Another X user mentioned, “Lol. Is this the required pre-Presidential-run book? Give it up, bro. It’s over.”
However, despite the trolls, there were some X users who praised the VP for his upcoming memoir.
X user @Chuksforreal wrote, “This will be an interesting read for Catholics and Christians around the world.”
This will be an interesting read for Catholics and Christians around the world.
— Chuks Chukwuemeka 📈 (@Chuksforreal) March 31, 2026
Another X user @sunnyudeh2003 mentioned, “Congratulations VP extraordinaire, the Holiest week in Catholic faith is indeed the best time to release such a book.”
Meanwhile, @PapistDirectory, an X account, posted, “Looking forward to reading about your personal journey back to the faith!”
