JD Vance's New Memoir About His Conversion to Catholicism Shows a Methodist Church on the Cover

The vice president's upcoming second memoir details his return to religion as an adult

By
Meredith Kile

Published on April 1, 2026 03:31PM EDT

Vice President JD Vance; the 'Communion' cover, with a stock photo by Tim Pennington.Credit :
Courtesy of the White House; HarperCollins Publishers

NEED TO KNOW

• Vice President JD Vance is releasing a new book about his return to religion as an adult
• Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith will explore why the vice president initially left Christianity and how he returned to the church later in life by converting to Catholicism
• The cover of the book features a photo of a Methodist church in rural Virginia, not a Catholic one

Vice President JD Vance is releasing a new memoir about his return to religion as an adult ahead of the midterm elections and a possible run for president in 2028.

On March 31, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced the forthcoming publication of Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, set to arrive this summer.

Per a statement shared with PEOPLE, Communion is an “intimate account” of why Vance, 41, initially strayed from Christianity, and how he returned to the church later in life by converting to Catholicism.

The VP also announced the book on his social media accounts, writing, "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."

One detail of the book cover quickly raised eyebrows. While Vance's story centers around reaffirming his faith by joining the Catholic church, the house of worship depicted on the book's cover is decidedly not Catholic.

PEOPLE confirms that the church shown on the cover is the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, located in Elk Creek, Va., an unincorporated community in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The stock photograph was initially captured by local photographer Tim Pennington.

Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Elk Creek, Va. Getty

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