The Secret Service requested that the water level of the Ohio River be raised last weekend to ensure Vice President JD Vance had a safe kayaking trip on a family holiday, coinciding with his 41st birthday.

The Secret Service said it coordinated with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure motorized boats and emergency personnel could operate safely if agents needed to reach the vice president. The Vance family took the trip to the Little Miami River last Friday, a tributary near their Cincinnati home.