Vance Office Cancels $16,000 Helicopter Trip for Son’s Golf Lesson as Secret Service Complaints Mount
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Updated · ms.now · Jul 16
Vance Office Cancels $16,000 Helicopter Trip for Son’s Golf Lesson as Secret Service Complaints Mount
3 articles · Updated · ms.now · Jul 16
Summary
Thursday’s planned Marine Two flight to take JD Vance and his young son to a golf lesson at Joint Base Andrews was scrapped, and the child was to be driven instead.
The change came a day after reports of Secret Service anger over using a military helicopter for a local child’s activity — a request current and former supervisors said had no precedent.
Agents have complained that Vance and second lady Usha Vance frequently make last-minute travel changes and “off the record” movements, forcing canceled days off, rushed security plans and extra taxpayer costs.
Marine Two costs about $16,000 to $24,600 an hour to operate, and the episode has become a symbol of broader morale strain inside an already understaffed Secret Service detail protecting the Vance family.