Vice President JD Vance is visiting India this week in hopes of strengthening the United States’ relationship with a strategic ally that also happens to be the world’s most populous democracy.
Accompanied by his wife, Usha—whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from India—and his three children, the vice president is making a show of touring the South Asian nation with visits to the Akshardham Hindu temple in New Delhi, the Amer Fort in Jaipur, and the Taj Mahal in Agra.
The vice president also had the opportunity to dine with his family at the residence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The diplomatic visit by Vance comes after India’s prime minister visited the White House in February to discuss with President Donald Trump a bilateral trade agreement between the two nations.
India was not exempted from the American president’s use of tariffs….
