Clint Hill

Retired U.S. Secret Service Agent, New York Times Bestselling Author, JFK Assassination Witness

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Clint Hill Biography

Clinton J. Hill was a U.S. Secret Service Agent from 1958 – 1975, serving five presidents—Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. He was in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963, assigned to protect First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Hill will forever be remembered for his brave and swift actions as he leapt onto the back of the presidential limousine in an effort to protect President and Mrs. Kennedy while shots were being fired. He is credited with saving Mrs. Kennedy’s life.

He graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, with a degree in History and Physical Education. He intended to be a history teacher and athletics coach, but was immediately drafted into the United States Army, where he served as a Special Agent in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps.

In 1958, Hill applied and was accepted into the U. S. Secret Service as a Special Agent in the Denver field office. A year later he was assigned to the elite White House Detail protecting President Dwight D. Eisenhower. When John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960, Hill was assigned to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s detail, and he remained with Mrs. Kennedy, Caroline, and John Jr. for one year after the assassination.

Hill was reassigned to the White House in November 1964 and eventually became the Special Agent in Charge of Presidential Protection during Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration. When Richard M. Nixon became president in 1969, Hill was the Special Agent in Charge of Vice Presidential Protection with V.P. Spiro Agnew. When Hill retired from the Secret Service in 1975, he was the Assistant Director responsible for all protective forces.

After his retirement, Hill spiraled into a deep depression, suffering from undiagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that stemmed from witnessing—and being unable to prevent—the assassination of JFK. At the age of 77, he met journalist Lisa McCubbin and she convinced him that his memories were important to history.

With insightful, and often humorous anecdotes, as well as his riveting moment-by-moment account of what really happened that day in Dallas, Hill’s incredible story is one of courage, integrity, and resilience. Hill’s career and actions have been recognized worldwide. He is a guest speaker at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and continues to participate with present day Secret Service personnel in discussing protective activities and procedures. In December 2013, the U.S. Secret Service honored him at the James J. Rowley Training Center with a permanent bronze plaque next to a street they named Clint Hill Way.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/02/2024.

Clint Hill Speaking Topics

  • Inside the Secret Service

    How the Secret Service has changed and the challenges it faces protecting the president and presidential candidates in the 2016 campaign. Hill witnessed this elite agency transform from 269 agents in 1958 to 3600+ agents today.

  • Mrs. Kennedy and Me

    Hill reminisces about his four years as Jacqueline Kennedy’s Secret Service agent from 1960 – 1964. How did a Secret Service agent who started life in a North Dakota orphanage became the most trusted man in the life of the most captivating First Lady of our time? History comes to life in an unforgettable hour filled with humor and drama, against the backdrop of rarely seen photos and videos.

  • Five Days in November

    Hill’s moment-by-moment account of the trip to Texas, the assassination of President Kennedy, through the state funeral in which Hill witnessed that unforgettable salute by three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr.

  • Five Presidents

    Hill’s observations serving Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford—three Republicans and two Democrats. Behind-the-scenes anecdotes during the tumultuous era that included the Cold War; the U-2 spy incident; the assassinations of JFK, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King; the Vietnam War; Watergate; and the resignations of President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.

Clint Hill Videos

  • The Best Business Card in History | Clint Hill and Mike Rowe
    Friends of this page know my friend, Clint Hill, and what he did on that terrible day in Dallas, all those years ago. Finally, at long last I sit...
  • Secret Service Agent Recalls President Kennedy's Assassination | Clint Hill
    U.S. Army veteran and Secret Service agent Clint Hill describes in harrowing detail the events of November 22, 1963, as he rushed to shield Mrs....
  • Oral History - Secret Service Agent Clint Hill
    In this interview with the National Law Enforcement Museum, former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill covers his early childhood, his time in the army,...

Clint Hill Books

  • My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy
    My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy
  • Mrs. Kennedy and Me
    Mrs. Kennedy and Me
  • Five Days in November
    Five Days in November
  • Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
    Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

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