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(NewsNation) — Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s running mate in his 2024 presidential campaign, has announced she is a new convert to Christianity.

Shanahan, who is an attorney, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and former political candidate, shared the story of her baptism on her X profile, including a photo of her full water immersion.

Shanahan said a tragedy in 2024, which she is not ready to talk about, left her hopeless and struggling.

“The pain of life sometimes can consume your entire reality, and the injustice, the loss, and the extreme nature of it all can feel genuinely unbearable,” she said.

A friendship with her masseuse, whom Shanahan described as a “quiet Christian” who prayed for her for months, connected her to another friend who guided Shanahan and eventually baptized her. That friend told her Jesus could save Shanahan and “defeat the darkness that haunts the innocent.”

Nicole Shanahan: Demons exist  

Shanahan revealed that she believes that demons exist and evil is real and “all around us” after seeing addiction up close. But she said after accepting Jesus, she felt something she could hardly put into words: “It was like being wrapped in a warm cocoon while becoming a grounded, weighted, immovable obelisk.”

Shanahan described her faith journey from Judaism to Christianity.

“It’s like a veil has been lifted, revealing a deeper understanding of the struggle between light and darkness. Today, I am a Jew for Jesus,” she said.