Question about former v.p.'s

[quinnox]

I just watched Gore's stirring speech, and I noticed in the aftermath it appears there was some secret service types around him at a distance. Do all the former v.p.'s get this protection?

[elperromagico]

1. No

Unlike former Presidents, former Vice Presidents do not receive Secret Service protection.

Presidential candidates do, though... so if Gore knows what's good for him, he'll jump into the campaign (jk).

[economic justice]

2. Good Question, Quinnox

Anybody know who is protecting Gore? They sure looked Secret Service today, but they could be paid-for rent-a-cops. I'm curious.

[elperromagico]

3. I would imagine that he hired them n/t

[Padraig18]

4. It depends.

All do get SS protection immediately after their term of office, and the SS makes the determination for how long that continues; the former VP may choose terminate the protection, as can a former President, which is what Truman did later in life.

[economic justice]

5. My Grandparents

My grandparents lived in Independence and remember Truman taking wlks through the neighborhood by HIMSELF! (Have things changed or what?)

[Don_G]

6. I Can Just Imagine Dimbo Doing That

And looking over his shoulder for the rest of his natural life.