Clint Hill: Secret Service Agent Who Leapt to Protect President and Mrs.

Clint Hill was a U.S. Secret Service agent best known for leaping onto the presidential limousine in Dallas on November 22, 1963, to shield President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy after the shots were fired. Born Clinton Jerome Hill on January 4, 1932, in Larimore, North Dakota, he served five presidents from Eisenhower to Ford.

Hill joined the Secret Service in 1958 and was assigned to protect Mrs. Kennedy. After the assassination he testified before the Warren Commission in 1964. In 1967 he became Special Agent in Charge of the presidential protection detail under President Johnson, and he retired in 1975. He later wrote best-selling books about his experiences, and in 2018 he received North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.

Hill had two sons with his first wife, Gwen, and married writer Lisa McCubbin in 2021. He died at his home in Belvedere, California, on February 21, 2025, at age 93. Remembered for his courage, he was the last surviving person who had been in the presidential limousine that day after Nellie Connally died in 2006.

Achievements: Ran to the presidential limousine to protect President and Mrs. Kennedy (1963), testified before the Warren Commission (1964), became Special Agent in Charge of presidential protection (1967), received North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award (2018).

Birth: January 4, 1932 - Larimore, North Dakota.

Profession: U.S. Secret Service agent (1958-1975) and author.

Interesting Facts: Hill was adopted as an infant; his original family name, Haugen, is Norwegian for "the hill." Jacqueline Kennedy attended a 1963 ceremony honoring him, despite being in deep mourning, to thank him in person.