COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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 to celebrate his 41st birthday.

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

The Secret Service said the boats the agency uses for security are usually motorized and need deeper waters to operate.