JD Vance, Usha’s family travel requests left US Secret Service ‘fed up’, claims report

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Secret Service agents assigned to protect US Vice President JD Vance and his family have grown frustrated over what current and former officials described as frequent last-minute and “inappropriate” travel requests, including a cancelled plan to fly Vance’s young son on Marine Two for a golf lesson, reported MS Now. There is no formal Secret Service policy prohibiting the use of a government helicopter to transport a vice president’s child to a local event, but former and current Secret Service supervisors told MS Now that such a request had no precedent. Senator.” In a July interview on Mike Rowe’s podcast The Way I Heard It, Vance remarked that becoming vice president had transformed his life, joking that he no longer had to shop for groceries, cook or wait in TSA lines. Separately, in a June interview with CBS, Second Lady Usha Vance said the family tries to minimise disruption during public outings, including church visits, by adjusting timings and locations to reduce inconvenience for others. “The Vances are grateful to the men and women of the U.S. Secret Service who serve our country with distinction,” the vice president’s office said in a statement in response to MS NOW’s questions. “While protecting a Vice President with a large policy portfolio and a young and growing family presents a unique challenge, agents of the Secret Service do so with excellence every day,” it added. An administration official familiar with Vance’s travel acknowledged that last-minute schedule changes do occur but said they are often unavoidable because of the nature of the vice president’s job. The desk focuses on stories with direct relevance for Indian and global audiences, combining breaking news with in-depth explainers and analysis. A major focus area of the desk is US immigration and visa policy, including developments related to student visas, work permits, permanent residency pathways, executive actions, and court rulings. The Global Desk also closely tracks Canada’s immigration, visa, and study policies, covering changes to study permits, post-study work options, permanent residence programmes, and regulatory updates affecting migrants and international students. All reporting from the Global Desk adheres to The Indian Express’ editorial standards, relying on official data, government notifications, court documents, and on-record sources.