JD Vance’s new Secret Service codename revealed

Since the early 1900s presidents, vice presidents, first ladies, and prominent persons have been bestowed with a Secret Service codename.

Once, their purpose was to add a layer of security when communicating over insecure technology. However, today they play a more ceremonial, logistical role.

A Secret Service spokesperson once told TheWashington Post that the names shouldn’t be scrutinized too closely as they are collated on “sheer whim” by the White House for a candidate to pick from.

Now, JD Vance has been given a secret codename of his own after he was announced as Trump’s running mate for his 2024 presidential campaign on July 15 – just two days after the former president was almost assassinated.

According to The Daily Mail, the Ohio senator has been known to the agents protecting him as “Bobcat.”

Candidates can choose their codename from the White House Communications Agency’s list.

The names are unambiguous and easily pronounced so that they can be clearly transmitted over the radio. Often, they’re personal and symbolic of the candidate’s personality.

Take ‘Mogul’ and ‘Muse’ (Trump and his wife Melania), ‘Celtic’ and ‘Capri’ (Joe Biden and first lady Jill) or ‘Pioneer’ (vice president Kamala Harris), for example.

Members of the same family who are designated codenames start with the same letter.

In his short time as Trump’s running mate, Vance has already faced flak for making numerous turbulent comments including calling Democrat women a “bunch of childless cat ladies with miserable lives” who are making “the country miserable too.”

Bobcats, however, are “naturally shy of humans,” according to the government website of the Canadian province of Alberta, where the animals roam freely. The medium-sized cat is