In early August 2025, a claim spread online that U.S. Vice President JD Vance's team had the water level of an Ohio river raised for a family boating excursion. As first reported by The Guardian, it is true that the U.

Vice President JD Vance’s team made the extraordinary decision to raise the water level of an Ohio river during a 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,

The Secret Service said the boats the agency uses for security are usually motorized and need deeper waters to operate.