His father and uncle had full “protection.” Didn’t help all that much.
Actually Bobby didn’t. At least not SS protection. They didn’t send the SS to primary candidates until after that proved to be a bad idea. That being said they still only do it for “major” candidates, and how you define major is always up for interpretation. I’d wager most of the current pool doesn’t have SS right now.
When the CIA is after you, government protection is useless.