The Secret Service requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Louisville, Kentucky, raise the water level of the Little Miami River last weekend to “ensure motorized watercraft and

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance’s security detail had an Ohio river’s water level raised last weekend to accommodate a kayaking trip he and his family took to celebrate his 41st birthday.

Vice President JD Vance’s team made the extraordinary decision to raise the water level of an Ohio river during a recent Vance family boating excursion. The request was made by the U.S. Secret Service in order to support the safe navigation of Vance’s security detail down the Little Miami River,