Vice President JD Vance's security detail from the Secret Service requested that the Army Corps of Engineers change the outflow of a lake into the Little Miami River in Ohio, The Guardian reports. A spokesman for Vance said the Vice President was unaware of the "protective measures" undertaken by the Secret Service.

Vice President JD Vance’s security detail had an Ohio river’s water level raised last week to accommodate a kayaking trip he took with his family for his 41st birthday.

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