A new story broke on Wednesday, revealing that the Secret Service has received complaints about requests from the family of Vice President JD Vance, including a request to use a military helicopter to take Vance’s son to a golf lesson.
According to MS NOW, that trip was ultimately canceled at the last minute due to weather.
“Vance planned to travel with his son on the flight to Joint Base Andrews — which includes a secure, world-class golf center — according to two other administration officials with knowledge of his schedule,” the report said. “But the Secret Service staff’s complaints about a planned chopper ride for an elementary school student reflects a building morale problem inside the team of agents assigned to shield Vance and his young family, according to the two people and another person familiar with the agents’ frustration.”
EXCLUSIVE — VP arranged for his elementary school son to be flown in a military helicopter — for a golf lesson across town. @SecretService detail is getting “fed up” with Vance family entitled protection expectations and last minute travel
W @VaughnHillyard…— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) July 15, 2026
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The report also stated that “agents have shared concerns internally about Vance and his office pressing them for trips and assignments that some agents consider an inappropriate or even unprecedented use of government resources compared to prior vice presidents.”
The problem has also included what were described as “last-minute” travel requests. Vance, the story noted, is the first vice president since Al Gore in the 1990s to have young children while serving; the Second Lady, Usha Vance, is currently pregnant with the couple’s fourth child.
It’s unlikely that there’s anything illegal about the Secret Service requests.
“There’s no formal Secret Service policy prohibiting the use of a government helicopter for transporting a vice president’s child to a local event, but former and current Secret Service supervisors agreed the request for a chopper for this purpose has no precedent,” MS NOW reported. “They told MS NOW that prior vice presidents eschewed using such expensive government perks for the convenience of their children’s schedule, and agents typically drove children locally in sports utility vehicles.”
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