Joe Biden Appoints Ron Klain as<br />White House Chief of Staff.<br />On Wednesday, Joe Biden named longtime aide<br />Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff. .<br />In a statement, Biden said Klain was “precisely” <br />the type of person he needed for the job. .<br />His deep, varied experience and capacity<br />to work with people all across the political<br />spectrum is precisely what I need in a<br />White House chief of staff .., Joe Biden, via Politico.<br />Klain also released a statement, saying<br />he is looking forward to working with Biden<br />and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.<br />I’m honored by the President-elect’s<br />confidence and will give my all to lead<br />a talented and diverse team in a<br />Biden-Harris [White House], Ron Klain, via AP News.<br />Klain is the first White House official to be announced<br />by Biden since he won last week’s election.<br />The pair have a long history, as Klain first<br />worked for the president-elect in the late 1980s <br />when Biden was a senator for Delaware. .<br />Klain later served as chief of staff<br />for Biden when he was vice president<br />under Barack Obama.<br />In August 2019, Klain took leave from<br />his political consulting firm to become an<br />unpaid senior advisor for Biden’s campaign
