Within days he had his own campaign plane and a Secret Service codename.
The longtime Ohio and Kentucky football fan is now known to the agents protecting him as 'Bobcat,' after teams of the same name, DailyMail.com can reveal.
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JD Vance's Secret Service codename revealed: Running mate's 'Hillbilly' roots and love of football inspired call sign | Daily Mail Online
Trump's V.P. pick may have eventually gone to Ohio State, but Ohio University's football team is known as the Bobcats.
And his Appalachian family is originally from Jackson, Kentucky, home of the Breathitt County Bobcats. This was where the young James David spent most of his summers and other vacations.
And his Appalachian family is originally from Jackson, Kentucky, home of the Breathitt County Bobcats. This was where the young James David spent most of his summers and other vacations.
Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, reportedly has a new Secret Service codename: Bobcat.
A longtime friend of the vice presidential candidate told The Daily Mail that the moniker is a nod to his roots in Ohio and Kentucky—the Bobcats serve as mascots for both Ohio University and the high school sports teams in Jackson, Kentucky, where Vance’s family is from.
Vance, like all Secret Service protectees, got to choose the name from a list given to him by the agency. Mike Pence, Trump’s vice president and running mate in both 2016 and 2020, chose the name “Hoosier” to honor his own Indiana roots—while vice president Kamala Harris, the presumptive nominee, goes by “Pioneer.”
- After being chosen by Trump, Vance was also given his own private campaign plane, the Mail reports.
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