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Check the link I posted above please, in regards to who is and is not entitled to protection. Here's the text:

PROTECTIVE MISSION Protective Mission - Special Agent standing post. After the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901, Congress directed the Secret Service to protect the President of the United States. Protection remains a key mission of the United States Secret Service.

Authorization

Today, the Secret Service is authorized by law to protect:

* The president, the vice president, (or other individuals next in order of succession to the Office of the President), the president-elect and vice president-elect

* The immediate families of the above individuals

* Former presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes, except when the spouse remarries. In 1997, Congressional legislation became effective limiting Secret Service protection to former presidents for a period of not more than 10 years from the date the former president leaves office

* Children of former presidents until age 16

* Visiting heads of foreign states or governments and their spouses traveling with them, other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States, and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad

* Major presidential and vice presidential candidates, and their spouses within 120 days of a general presidential election

* Other individuals as designated per Executive Order of the President

* National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security