As a key member of the new administration, Klain will aid Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to build a team of advisers for his presidency, the Biden camp stated.
Klain, a Harvard Law School graduate, has served with Biden for decades, having advised the former representative from Delaware throughout his failed 1988 and 2008 presidential bids, served as his chief counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1989 to 1992, and worked as chief of staff to the vice president from 2009 to 2012. He also worked as the White House Ebola Response coordinator under President Barack Obama throughout an outbreak of the lethal virus in 2014 and 2015.
Klain, who worked as Biden’s chief of staff throughout his vice presidency, assisted lead the Obama administration’s reply to the Ebola outbreak and has reportedly shown interest in the government response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden endorsed Klain’s work in the Obama administration in his statement delivered Wednesday.
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“Ron has been invaluable to me over the many years that we have worked together, including as we rescued the American economy from one of the worst downturns in our history in 2009 and later overcame a daunting public health emergency in 2014,” Biden explained.
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“His deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what I need in a White House chief of staff as we confront this moment of crisis and bring our country together again,” he added.
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Klain said in the statement that it was the “honor of a lifetime” to be handled the position.
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“I look forward to helping him and the Vice President-elect assemble a talented and diverse team to work in the White House, as we tackle their ambitious agenda for change, and seek to heal the divides in our country,” he said.
The president-elect may further suggest other top White House advisers later this week. Top campaign officials, including communications director Kate Bedingfield and senior adviser Symone Sanders, could be top contenders for senior positions in the administration.
Biden has announced he won’t name cabinet nominations until after Thanksgiving and is expecting to do so by early December.
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On Wednesday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said that he would gladly receive the Labor secretary position if he was offered the job.
“If I had a portfolio that allowed me to stand up and fight for working families, would I do it? yes, I would,” Sanders said.
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