Agent on leave as Secret Service probes Vance travel leak

A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail has been placed on administrative leave and is under internal investigation for allegedly leaking sensitive information about the vice president’s travel to a news outlet. The investigation, led by the Secret Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility, was launched after a media report earlier this month detailed operational specifics of Vance’s security arrangements and personal travel plans.

According to officials familiar with the matter, the agent is suspected of providing information that appeared in a story focusing on the challenges faced by Vance’s security detail. The report described agents’ frustrations with last-minute personal and family travel requests from the vice president, which allegedly forced cancellations of days off and rapid logistical changes. A specific incident highlighted in the report involved a planned Marine Corps helicopter trip for Vance and his son for a golf lesson, a journey that was later canceled due to poor weather conditions.

Security officials became concerned that the publication of such details, including descriptions of planned movements and the vice...