Joseph P. Clancy is an American law enforcement official. He is the acting Director of the United States Secret Service. Clancy served as head of the agency’s presidential protection division until 2011, when he retired and became director of corporate security for Comcast. He was appointed to the position following the resignation of Julia Pierson on October 1, 2014. During his work on the presidential protection details he was able to achieve a close bond with President Barack Obama, and is well regarded by the White House. Clancy was part of the Secret Service protective detail that jogged with President Bill Clinton in the early days of the Presidency of Bill Clinton.Clancy grew up in the Philadelphia area. He graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania, then attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he excelled on West Point's football team. He transferred to Villanova University and graduated in the late 1970s.After spending a few years as a history teacher at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia, he joined the Secret Service in Philadelphia in the 1980s. Subsequently, he worked in the New York field office, directing a team of agents that conducted major investigations. He was in charge of security at national special events before joining the president’s protective detail. He lives in the Philadelphia area with Andrea, his wife of 31 years, and four children.
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