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.

The White House is defending a decision by the U.S. Secret Service to have the Army Corps of Engineers raise the water level of a river in Ohio so Vice President JD Vance could kayak with his family for his 41st birthday. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ + news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.

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