Trump Makes 13-Year-Old Cancer Survivor a Secret Service Agent During Speech to Congress

Cancer survivor Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel gestures as he is made an honorary Secret Service agent on the day of U.S. President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 4, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump used his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday to unveil a new member of the U.S. Secret Service—a 13-year-old brain cancer survivor named DJ.

Trump said the boy, DJ Daniel, who was dressed in a Houston police uniform and sitting with his father in the gallery of the House of Representatives for the speech, had always dreamed of becoming a police officer.