US President Joe Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, is expected to step down shortly after two years in this highly sensitive and central White House post, multiple US media reported on Saturday.
“tired”
According to New York Times, Ron Klain “privately confided in colleagues since the November midterms that after a grueling and uninterrupted stint alongside Mr. Biden, dating back to the 2020 campaign, he is ready to move on.” The departure of this collaborator to one of the positions closest to the president could occur after Joe Biden’s annual State of the Union address, scheduled for February 7, adds the New York newspaper.
Ron Klain would step down at a pivotal moment in his term. The 80-year-old 46th president of the United States could officially announce in the coming weeks that he is running for president in 2024, while his great Republican rival Donald Trump, 76, has already done so.
A new difficulty for Joe Biden?
After the November midterm elections, which were much less catastrophic than expected for the Democrats, who retained control of the Senate and narrowly lost their majority in the House of Representatives, Joe Biden recently found himself in trouble over the case of the confidential documents. of his vice presidency (2009-2017) found in an office and at his private home, when they should be delivered to the National Archives.
After former White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who left in 2022, Ron Klain’s departure would be the second-biggest for Joe Biden since he took office. Generally, during the same presidential term, the post of chief of staff is rarely held four years in a row by the same person. Four chiefs of staff had succeeded each other under Donald Trump.
Ron Klain, 61, served as Vice President Al Gore’s chief of staff from 1995 to 1999, then to Vice President Joe Biden from 2009 to 2011. During Barack Obama’s tenure, he served as White House response coordinator to ebola. virus crisis.
Source: BFM TV
