Tough question. On the one hand, a new subject has not usually had experience working with the Protective Detail, and as such may commit security SNAFU's accidentally. On the other hand, the President Elect's daily routine is less formalized and is undergoing change at the time of the transition, so that randomness makes the president elect a more difficult target for a planned attack. Overall I'd guess that, all other factors being equal, protecting a new subject not installed in a secure location would be more difficult, but the answer is clearly situational.
The Secret Service from the Department of Treasury.
They never did. That's the Secret Service's job.
Yes. The secret service is allotted a budget for protecting major presidential candidates from public (tax payer) funds.
Because that is the Federal Agency charged with protecting the nations currency.
That information is not made public. Presidents require secret service staffs and personal body guards so that public appearances do not expose the president to potential harm or danger. But the number of people protecting a president is always kept confidential.
The Secret Service protects the President of the United States, as directed by Congress. Protecting the president is one of the key missions of the Secret Service.
The secret service did pay Joe Biden for the use of a place that he owned while protecting him. This is not an uncommon occurrence. No laws were broken. The secret service did not pay Joe Biden's rent, only rent to Joe Biden for their use of a home he owned.
The U.S. Secret Service was created to battle counterfeiting five days after Robert E. Lee's surrender marked the end of the U.S. Civil War. One third of all currency in circulation at that time is believed to have been counterfeit. (Considering that the role for which the Secret Service is most famous today is that of protecting the President, it is ironic that Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service on the day he was shot.)
No, Jack Ruby was not a part of the Secret Service. He was a nightclub owner in Dallas who famously shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in 1963. Ruby's actions were unrelated to the Secret Service's role in protecting the President.
The sole purpose of the Secret Service agents are to protect the president. Whoever protects them is irrelevant and quite frankly not needed. People don't plan assassination to kill Secret Service agents, because of how quick people can act. With only 1 (maybe 2) shot, you need to kill the most important figure there, which is usually the president.
Grover Cleveland was the President in 1894 when the Secret Service began to provide some protection.
That's a secret.