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Newsweek
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
JD Vance Revealed Secret Service Names for His Kids in Podcast Interview
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Vice President JD Vance revealed the code names that the Secret Service uses to protect his family, including the handles for his three children, on a podcast released Monday. During the first episode of Katie Miller's eponymous show—titled The Katie Miller Podcast—the pair mostly discussed juggling parenthood and the vice presidency. Miller served as communications director for former Vice President Mike Pence and is also married to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. Teasers for the podcast show Vance saying the names but the audio is muted. However, he said that they start with the letter B, one is a name of a dinosaur and that there are individual "theme songs." When reached by email, the White House referred Newsweek to Vance's team. A spokesperson for Vance then told Newsweek there was no further comment. Why It Matters Vance's disclosure of details about the Secret Service code names used for his kids underscores how family anecdotes from high-profile figures can quickly spread in news cycles, raising security and privacy questions for families who receive Secret Service protection. What To Know During his interview with Katie Miller, Vance spoke at length about parenting anecdotes that included his children's fanciful statements and how the family treated Secret Service code names as a source of amusement. "Mirabel is [redacted]. They all chose them," Vance said, naming each child and their code name. "Vivek is [redacted] because he's very high energy. And Ewan is [redacted], which is a kind of dinosaur I didn't even realize," he added. Vance and his wife Usha have three children, Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and Mirabel, 3. JD Vance looks on from a pit box before a NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 13, 2024, in Concord, North Carolina. JD Vance looks on from a pit box before a NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 13, 2024, in Concord, North Carolina. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) "There's this one artist that has a song about bees. She has a song called, we are the dinosaurs marching," Vance told Miller. "And then she also has a song called, like, blast off another rocket ship run. So, their Secret Service code names actually have their own theme song, which they're really excited about." Usha Vance previously said, "We have code names now. Our kids had a lot of fun with that," Today reported in January. The vice president also told Miller during the podcast that his children don't quite understand what he does, although they do know he is on television a lot. "We don't try to bring our kids into the public eye, but we also don't avoid it," Vance said. "We just try to have a normal life as much as we possibly can." What People Are Saying Elon Musk posted to X, formerly Twitter, a reply to a clip of the podcast: "JD is a good guy through and through." Donald Trump Jr. posted the clip on X, saying: "Really fun interview with @KatieMiller and @JDVance." What Happens Next It is unclear if the code names will be changed by the Secret Service following the interview. While the names were not heard, the letters and themes could give away the children's titles and prompt additional security protocols.
Metro
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
JD Vance visit causes unexpected chaos at Clarkson's Farm
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that US Vice President JD Vance's holiday has gotten in the way of filming for Clarkson's Farm. The presenter revealed on Instagram that a no-fly zone has been put in place around the Cotswolds manor the Vice President is vacationing it. Clarkson's farm is within the mile-wide area, meaning the program can't do any drone shots for the duration of the Vice President's stay. Vance will be in residence in the hamlet of Dean for the rest of August. Clarkson posted a picture on Instagram showing the no fly zone, writing: 'The JD Vance no fly zone. We are the pin. So on the downside, no drone shots today. On the upside, no annoying light aircraft.' Clarkson isn't the only one frustrated by Vance's presence in Chipping Norton, with many in the area tired of the disruptions caused by Trump's right-hand man's choice of holiday spot. This includes Clarkson's right-hand man, Kaleb Cooper, who commented on Clarkson's post: 'My wheat got wet in the trailer last night as the convo stopped me in the rain in Chippy. 'I could easily have went on my way and got it in the shed without getting in the way.' Adding several laughing emojis, he noted: '(If) he had just drove around in a VW Polo nobody would know who he was.' Vance is staying in Dean Manor, a vast property situated in a small hamlet of just 12 houses in Oxfordshire, and the Secret Service now has a noticeable presence in the area as they attempt to maintain its security. According to The DailyMail, one local who did not wish to be named said: 'Dean Manor is as close as possible to Mr Clarkson's farm house as can be. I'm willing to bet Clarkson can see it out of his bedroom window.' But it's unlikely the pair will find themselves being particularly neighbourly, as Clarkson recently slammed Vance in his column after Vance described the UK as 'some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years' amid rising tensions between Europe and the US as to how Ukraine can be supported in their conflict with Russia. In response, Clarkson wrote, in part: 'I've searched for the right word to describe him and I think it's 't**t'. He also has no clue about history. 'Because far more recently than 30 or 40 years ago, as Vance claimed last week, our brave young men were being blown to pieces in some godforsaken desert to support whatever madcap scheme the American president had embarked upon that week.' Shielded by 15-foot-high honey-coloured stone walls, Dean Manor's six-acre gardens are usually a model of serene, by-appointment-only beauty. Built in 1702 during Queen Anne's reign for Oxford Tory MP Thomas Rowney, the Grade II-listed house is now under an unprecedented security lockdown. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Navy-jacketed, khaki-trousered teams of US Secret Service operatives patrol the perimeter day and night. More Trending The estate's current owner, Pippa Hornby, is maintaining strict silence on her high-profile new tenant, believed to be paying up to £8,000 a week for the property. Dean Manor's Tory pedigree seems apt for Republican Vance: it was until recently owned by Conservative peer Peter Selwyn Gummer, Baron Chadlington, and sits just down the road from former prime minister David Cameron's home in Dean, itself protected by a permanent armed police detail. View More » For the duration of Vance's stay in mid to late August, the public footpaths and bridleways that thread through the surrounding woodland will be the nearest anyone gets to its locked-down gates. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Dear JD Vance, here are a few Cotswolds gems that might spice up your holiday MORE: JD Vance's secret service 'circus' takes over sleepy Cotswolds village MORE: 'Panama Playlists' leak exposes JD Vance's love for boy bands
Telegraph
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
We're not going to the dogs: 12 reasons why Britain remains the greatest place to live
How nice to see JD Vance and his young family enjoying the glories of the English countryside, assuming they are able to see it beyond the phalanx of Secret Service agents and motorcade vehicles that accompany America's leaders. The vice-president, his wife and three children are staying in the Cotswolds, a picture-perfect example of rural Britain and, therefore, a magnet for tourists, trippers and holidaymakers. We can only hope that Mr Vance will pass on his favourable impressions of Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold and the other timeless villages to his fellow countrymen and women who appear to be under the impression that this country is a broken reed, a crime-infested basket-case to be avoided at all costs. He will be delighted to discover that Lower and Upper Slaughter are not blood-drenched hellholes but beautiful, honey-coloured hamlets named after the old English for muddy place, or slough. It is astonishing to learn that residents of Chicago are expressing their concerns about visiting London because of fears for their safety even though the murder rate in their home city is 20 times higher. At least we don't have to put troops on the streets to deal with crime as Donald Trump just has in Washington DC, or not yet anyway. True, there has been a spate of phone thefts in London's West End, which could be dealt with by a greater police presence both to deter and catch the crooks red-handed. Often these crimes are committed by small groups and are mitigated when the perpetrators are put behind bars. The same is true of burglaries. If they were properly investigated rather than being routinely ignored by the police the handful of offenders could be banged up and the predation would decline. There is a view being advanced, presumably for political reasons, that crime is at unprecedented levels when this is not the case. It may well have gone up in the past year or two but historically it is actually low. In fact, falling crime was one of the few success stories to which the Conservatives could point during their 14 years in office as, indeed, they did in their election manifesto last year. 'Under the Conservatives, violent crime has fallen by 44 per cent since 2010 and neighbourhood crime is down 48 per cent,' it said. 'Reoffending has fallen from over 30 per cent in 2010 to 25 per cent. We have recruited 20,000 police officers, delivered 6,000 prison places as part of the largest prison expansion since the Victorian era and deported over 18,000 foreign national offenders since 2019 alone.' Why are the Tories not shouting this from the rooftops rather than lending weight, even by their silence, to Reform's claims that we are being submerged by a crime wave? The high-point for both recorded and perceived (through the British Crime Survey) levels of offending was in 1993. At the time, an already shaky Tory government was hammered in the polls and a young Labour home affairs spokesman called Tony Blair managed to steal the law-and-order mantle that had previously been the exclusive property of the Conservatives. Ken Clarke, considered too soft in the Home Office, was moved – albeit in a promotion to the Treasury – and his place taken by a hard-liner, Michael Howard. He proceeded to undo his predecessor's reforms, toughened up sentencing and prison numbers began to rise. They are twice as high today as 30 years ago. But from that moment crime began to fall. There are several reasons for this but one is a higher incarceration rate. If crime is on the increase once again it is because the people who commit most offences are being let out onto the streets after serving just a fraction of their sentences. Nonetheless, the idea that the country – or London, for that matter – is more crime ridden now than back then is a myth perpetrated either by a wilful misreading of the statistics or a failure of memory. Knife crime may be up but it is mostly confined to gangland areas. Across the country, stabbing-related hospitalisations are lower than before the pandemic. Gun crime is minuscule. Since it is August and many of us have, like the Vances, been holidaying in Britain, let us take a moment to praise its wonders rather than damn its shortcomings. Lists are all the rage nowadays, so here are 12 reasons to be cheerful about Britain. In view of the miseries currently being endured by many millions in other parts of the world, we should pause occasionally and put our own experiences into some sort of perspective. This country still is, to quote its greatest writer, a blessed plot and a precious stone set in a silver sea. For those like the Vances still away on holiday in Britain, enjoy it while you can. Soon, the leaves will start to turn and the politicians will be back at Westminster to mess things up again.
Daily Mail
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
JD Vance's not welcome party: Cotswolds protest as countryside swarms with secret service agents - and Scotland prepares for potential VP visit
Protesters are descending on the Cotswolds today for a ' JD Vance not welcome party' - as the countryside swarms with secret service agents and Scotland braces for its own potential visit. Members of the Stop Trump Coalition have vowed to make a racket to show their opposition to the US Vice President's 'politics of hate', but will struggle to get anywhere near the hamlet where he is staying amid a massive security operation. Mr Vance and his family are renting an 18th-century manor house in the tiny settlement of Dean, where residents have been left disgruntled by road closures and checkpoints manned by police with sniffer dogs. Every time the politician leaves he is joined by a vast motorcade, which yesterday made a stop at Daylesford Organic farm shop, where he was shown around by Tory 'super-donor' and billionaire businessman Lord Bamford. Mr Vance is considering following up his Cotswold holiday with a visit to Ayrshire later this week, prompting Police Scotland to ready a 'significant policing operation' involving as many as 1,000 officers. A spokesman said: 'Planning is under way for a potential visit to Scotland by the Vice President of the United States. 'Details of any visit would be for the White House to comment on, however it is important that we prepare in advance for what would be a significant policing operation.' It comes just weeks after President Donald Trump was in Scotland to play golf on his courses in Turnberry and Aberdeenshire. The Stop Trump Coalition has been leading protests against both Mr Trump and Mr Vance's visits, and vowed to come out in force later today. 'JD Vance is a hideous moral vacuum and the British public want nothing to do with him,' said spokesman Zoe Gardner. 'It is nauseating to watch ministers' displays of fake friendship with this authoritarian, anti-democratic, genocide-enabling US regime. 'We will be throwing a 'Vance Not Welcome' party – using our free speech to let him know he and his politics of hate are not welcome in the Cotswolds or any part of our country.' Lord Bamford's wife, Carole, set up Daylesford Organic in 2002, with the shop previously hitting the headlines for charging £950 for a wicker-style blanket basket. JD Vance is believed to have stayed in the shop for around three hours yesterday and to have taken particular interest in the bread counter, where he was seen trying samples. One person posted on social media: 'Stopped off at a farm did JD Vance. Security everywhere.' Another added: 'JD Vance decided to go to Daylesford Farm [at] the same time as us.' Daylesford Organic, which is situated on 3,500 acres of farmland, is known for its upmarket goods. Items on sale when the Daily Mail visited in October last year included Swedish side tables priced at £3,500 each and a £6,950 burnt cedar wood 'kindled' bowl. Meanwhile, an influencer was also left baffled in March when she paid an eye-watering £37 for just four grocery items. Vance's visit to Daylesford Organic yesterday came after his motorcade was seen passing through Chipping Norton in the afternoon. All entrances to the hamlet of Dean - two roads and three public footpaths - were subsequently blocked off. Only residents of the hamlet were allowed in and out, dog walkers were diverted, and those entering the area were subject to searches. Yesterday, one local councillor labelled the heavy security presence 'intimidating' and compared the sight of guards in suits and sunglasses patrolling quiet lanes to scenes from Men In Black. 'We understand that people do need security but I think they haven't been discreet about it,' said councillor Andy Graham. 'I think that tends to generate more concern than is necessary. Roads have been closed up.' Mr Vance arrived in the Cotswolds yesterday with his wife, Usha, and children - Ewan, eight, Vivek, five, and Mirabel, three - after the family drove up from London following a private tour of Hampton Court on Sunday. Mr Vance rocked up at Henry VIII's former residence for a morning tour - forcing the site to delay its public opening to 12pm. He now appears to have finished his official business after making a brief trip on Friday to Chevening House, the official residence of British foreign secretary David Lammy. Mr Lammy, 53, and Mr Vance, 41, are understood to have forged an unlikely friendship and spent time with each other's families, alongside engaging in a short, bilateral meeting. The massive security operation surrounding Dean Manor has prompted its owner to apologise to neighbours for the disruption. Pippa Hornby, who bought the 18th-century Cotswolds home with her husband Johnny in 2017, told villagers that she was 'so sorry for the circus' set to take place across the coming days, The Telegraph reported. The manor house was built in 1702 for the MP Thomas Rowney and is close to Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat farm. Set across six acres of land, the sprawling property is home to two cellars, a tennis court, rose garden, basement gym and Georgian orangery. There has been intense activity around the manor house for days.
Los Angeles Times
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
How 5 Emmy-nominated TV shows kept their big twist a secret
There's only one thing more shocking than your favorite TV show pulling the rug out from under you with a plot twist you didn't see coming: Not getting spoiled about it beforehand. It's a feat several of this year's Emmy nominees miraculously pulled off. Did you cover your mouth when one show killed off a main character? Scream when another's conflicted hero made a fateful romantic choice? Gasp when that perfect-looking world was revealed to be anything but? If you answered yes to any of those, then the steps the folks below took to protect their show's big shockers worked. Let's break down the biggest twists of the season and how they were kept a secret. (And it should go without saying: spoiler alert.) The Twist: Secret Service agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) discovering the murdered body of President Cal Bradford (James Marsden) isn't the biggest shock in the drama's pilot. The first is when, at the end, '[The camera] pulls up and you realize everyone is in an underground bunker with a fake sky,' explains executive producer Dan Fogelman. The Nerves: How to keep from losing sleep? Plan, plan, plan. 'You get less nervous because you start going, 'OK, here's how we're going to execute it,' he says. The Security: Fogelman recalls the twist-filled 'This Is Us' as 'frantic,' with code words and red script pages. But he's since mellowed, even giving press episodes early to screen. 'If you start worrying about everybody's worst impulses, you'll just be hamstrung,' he says. The Twist: In Season 4's fourth episode, Paul Rudd, who, as pretentious actor Ben Glenroy, was murdered the prior season, suddenly reappeared … as Glenroy's Irish-accented stunt double, Glen Stubbins. The Nerves: 'We'd kept Paul's return under wraps purposefully, and Paul was the cheerleader of that,' says executive producer John Hoffman, who admits concern over the surprise. 'We had big talks in the writers' room, like, 'This probably is a bit too far for us.' What eased his mind? 'The great charm of Paul Rudd,' he says. The Security: Besides NDAs and watermarked scripts, Hoffman says, 'I always want the mystery to be preserved, so I'm oftentimes on set freaking out and realizing, 'Wait, who's here? How locked down is the set?'' The Twist: In the trippy drama's Season 2 finale, Outie Mark (Adam Scott) rescues his captive wife, Gemma (Dichen Lachman), but, reverting to his innie self, sends Gemma through the exit door to stay behind with his other love, Helly (Britt Lower). 'That was always seen as the end point of the season, with Mark stuck between Gemma and Helly,' says Scott. The Nerves: Scott worried more about the post-episode 'Severance' podcast with executive producer Ben Stiller and letting spoiler-y details slip too soon. 'We'd all listen through [episodes] separately to make triple and quadruple checks.' The Security: 'The actors are trusted with the material and the information,' says Scott, also an executive producer on the show. 'There aren't big secrets being kept from the cast. We're not particularly precious like that.' The Twist: In the political drama's Season 2 finale, former U.S. Ambassador Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) calls his wife, current U.S. Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), and tells her the president (Michael McKean) has died, making Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) the new POTUS. The Nerves: Executive producer Debora Cahn originally thought the twist 'sounded like the dumbest idea ever,' and was embarrassed to pitch it in the writers' room. Even after working out all the details, Cahn admits, 'I still thought it was going to suck.' The Security: Cahn's reservations kept the script's last pages redacted to everyone but Russell and Sewell until the cast table read. 'We got to that last page, they read the last line and there were gasps and screams,' she says. The moment finally convinced her that the shocking twist worked. The Twist: In Season 2's second episode, hero Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) is brutally murdered by a vengeful Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) while a helpless Ellie (Bella Ramsey) watches, an event that comes from 'The Last of Us' video game. The Nerves: Between game fans and viewers who only know the show, executive producer Craig Mazin isn't worried. 'Our obsession with spoilers sometimes obscures the fact that that is not why we watch things,' he says, citing 'Titanic' as a favorite even though 'we knew it was gonna sink.' The Security: Scripts are watermarked and sides on set are collected and shredded but filming multiple scene versions like 'Game of Thrones' famously did? Nope. 'If I start writing a fake ending, I might be like, 'Wait, this fake ending is pretty good, right?''
