North Dakota Honors Agent Who Tried to Shield Kennedys

U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Clinton J. Hill poses in Washington. the former agent will receive the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award during a future ceremony, Gov. Doug Burgum announced on Oct. 5, 2018. AP Photo/Robert H. Shutz File

BISMARCK, N.D.—The Secret Service agent who used his body to shield First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated will receive the highest honor bestowed by his home state of North Dakota.

Former agent Clint Hill will receive the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award during a future ceremony, Gov. Doug Burgum announced on Oct. 5.