Former presidents and their spouses receive life-long Secret Service protection under federal law, but the protection afforded to their immediate families over the age of 16 ends when they leave office, though both Trump and Biden extended the details for their children for six months before leaving office.

President Trump said Monday he's ending U.S. Secret Service protection for former President Biden's adult children, Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden, "effective immediately." The big picture: Although Biden extended protection for his family members until July before leaving office,

President Donald Trump ended Secret Service protection for President Joe Biden's children, Hunter and Ashley Biden, early on Monday, March 17. Trump's own adult children had Secret Service protection for six months after he left the White House in 2021.