Editing Vice President of the United States (section)

=== Protection ===
{{Main|United States Secret Service}}
[[File:Kamala Harris and her family walk to the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue on January 20, 2021.jpg|thumb|Vice President [[Kamala Harris]], surrounded by members of her family and [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]]]]
The [[United States Secret Service|U.S. Secret Service]] is in charge with protecting the vice president and the second family. As part of their protection, vice presidents, second spouses, their children and other immediate family members, and other prominent persons and locations are assigned [[Secret Service codename]]s. The use of such names was originally due to security purposes and safety reasons.