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 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

"The Secret Service often employs protective measures without the knowledge of the Vice President or his staff, as was the case last weekend," a spokesman for Vance said