BINGO!
The property being rented by the Secret Service isn't the Biden's. What has folks on the right so up in arms about is the cost of the rents, but they completely ignore how much the Secret Service paid to rent out space at Trump Tower at $100,000/month (18-month lease at $2.39 million)...money that went right back in Trump's pockets. In the case of the thread topic, the rents don't go to the Biden's. It goes to the owner of the property.
Source:
Newsweek.com
That said, my proximity for protection argument still stands; however, IMO Trump could have cut the government a deal and reduced the cost, but he didn't. The American people were left to flip the bill. So, you guys tell me which is more reasonable:
a)
$2,200/mo. for a grand total of $66,000/annual for the Secret Service to rent cottage owned by VP Biden (where his mother once lived right next door); OR,
b) $100,000/mo. for $2.39M.