Biden Personal Events
Personal Events
During the Biden Administration, several notable personal events occurred within the first family and senior leadership. Highlights included Naomi Biden's 2022 White House South Lawn wedding, the adoption of the family pets Major, Champ, Commander, and Willow, and President Biden's historic 2024 decision to withdraw from the presidential race.
Timeline
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| Element |
Year
Age
| 1976 |
Immigration to Montreal, Canada (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: 1976)
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| 1979 |
Immigration to the United States (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: Circa 1979 (at age 5))
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| 1980 |
Work at Bain & Company (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: Late 1980s–early 1990s)
Lobbying activities at Allied Corp (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: 1980s)
Head of Political Department at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: Late 1980s–early 1990s)
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| 1981 |
Started working as a political advisor to Joe Biden (Michael C. Donilon, Period: 1981)
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| 1983 |
Appointment as legislative assistant to Senator Edward Markey (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 1983–1984)
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| 1986 |
Participation in Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 1986–1987)
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| 1987 |
Graduation from Harvard Law School (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 1987)
Law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Byron White (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 1987–1988)
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| 1988 |
Employment at Mercer Management Consulting (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: 1988 onwards)
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| 1989 |
Appointment as Chief Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 1989–1992)
Supported Douglas Wilder's Virginia gubernatorial campaign (Michael C. Donilon, Period: 1989)
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| 1990 |
Employment at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: 1990–1998)
Advising Democratic Senate and gubernatorial campaigns (Michael C. Donilon, Period: 1990s–2000s)
Overseas election consulting activities (Michael C. Donilon, Period: 1990s–2000s)
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| 1991 |
Supported Harris Wofford's Senate special election campaign (Michael C. Donilon, Period: 1991)
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| 1992 |
Appointment as Executive Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: 1992)
Participation in Bill Clinton's presidential campaign (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: 1992)
Supported Bill Clinton's presidential campaign (Michael C. Donilon, Period: 1992)
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| 1993 |
Appointment as Legal Advisor to President Bill Clinton (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 1993–1995)
Appointment as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs in the Clinton administration (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: 1993–2001)
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| 1995 |
Appointment as Chief of Staff to Attorney General Janet Reno (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: Circa 1995)
Appointment as Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: November 1995–August 1999)
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| 1996 |
Appointment as executive at the Advisory Board Company (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: 1996–2004)
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| 1998 |
Move to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: 1998)
Appointment as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the White House (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: October 1998–January 2001)
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| 2000 |
Involvement in the 2000 US presidential election (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 2000)
Appointment as Chairman of the Corporate Executive Board (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: 2000–2001)
Policy and PR officer for a New York City Council member (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: Early 2000s)
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| 2001 |
Establishment and management of Ricchetti Inc. (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: 2001–2012)
Participation in reelection campaigns of Senator Tom Harkin and Governor Tom Vilsack (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: 2001)
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| 2003 |
Law clerk to a federal court of appeals judge (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: Circa 2003–2004)
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| 2004 |
Establishment of Portfolio Logic (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: Circa 2004)
Law clerk to a Supreme Court justice (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: Circa 2004–2005)
Appointment as Deputy Press Secretary for John Kerry's presidential campaign (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: 2004)
Participation in John Edwards' presidential campaign (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2004)
Election to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: November 2003 (assumed office in January 2004))
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| 2005 |
Acquisition plan for the Washington Nationals (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: 2005)
Work at Faegre & Benson law firm (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: Circa 2005–2008)
Appointment as Communications Director for Representative Joseph Crowley (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: 2005–2006)
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| 2006 |
Appointment as Outreach Coordinator for Walmart Watch (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2006)
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| 2007 |
Policy advisor and chief legal counsel to Senator Amy Klobuchar (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: Circa 2007–2008)
Participation in Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: 2007–2008)
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| 2008 |
Participation in Barack Obama's presidential campaign (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: 2008)
Appointment as Traveling Press Secretary for Barack Obama's presidential campaign (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: 2008)
Appointment as Regional Political Director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2008)
Participation in John Edwards' presidential campaign (Catherine Joan Bedingfield, Period: 2008)
Participation in Senator Jeanne Shaheen's Senate campaign (Catherine Joan Bedingfield, Period: 2008)
Participation in Barack Obama's presidential campaign (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: 2008)
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| 2009 |
Participation in the Obama administration's economic recovery policy (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 2009–2010)
Assistance in implementing the "Cash for Clunkers" program (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: 2009)
Appointment as Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: 2009–2011)
Participation in political affairs division of the Obama administration (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2009–2011)
Work at the Department of the Interior in the Obama administration (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: Circa 2009–2011)
Appointment as Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: January 2009–January 2011)
Appointment as Deputy White House Press Secretary (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: January–December 2009)
Appointment as Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama administration (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: June 19, 2009)
Appointment as Deputy Communications Director at the White House (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: December 2009–September 2011)
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| 2010 |
Appointment as Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: July–November 2010)
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| 2011 |
Activities in private sector and investment firms (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 2011–2020)
Participation in Barack Obama's reelection campaign (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2011–2012)
PR activities at the Motion Picture Association (Catherine Joan Bedingfield, Period: 2011–2015)
Work at the White House (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: 2011–2016)
Appointment as Director of Policy Planning at the State Department (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: February 2011–February 2013)
Appointment as Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Global Strategy Group (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: September 2011–2012)
Election as Attorney General of California (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: November 2010 (assumed office in January 2011))
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| 2012 |
Reappointment as Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: January 2012–April 2013)
Participation in President Obama's reelection campaign (Michael C. Donilon, Period: 2012)
Spokesperson for Barack Obama's reelection campaign (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: 2012)
Appointment as Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: March 2012)
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| 2013 |
Appointment as Partner at AKPD Message and Media (Michael C. Donilon, Period: Circa 2013–2019)
Support for New York City election campaigns (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2013)
Establishment of K Plus K Enterprises (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: Circa 2013)
Appointment as National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: February 2013–August 2014)
Appointment as Spokesperson for the US Department of State (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: February 2013–March 2015)
Overhaul of Healthcare.gov (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: October 2013–early 2014)
Appointment as Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: December 2013–January 2017)
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| 2014 |
Appointment as Director of the National Economic Council (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: January 2014–January 2017)
Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: Circa 2014–2016)
Appointment as Lecturer at Columbia University (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2014–)
Appointment as White House Ebola Response Coordinator (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: October 22, 2014–February 15, 2015)
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| 2015 |
Senior policy advisor to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: 2015–2016)
Appointment as Deputy Campaign Manager for Martin O'Malley's presidential campaign (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2015–2016)
Appointment as White House Communications Director (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: April 2015–January 2017)
Appointment as Communications Director to Vice President Biden (Catherine Joan Bedingfield, Period: August 2015–2016)
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| 2016 |
Appointment as Senior Advisor and National Spokesperson for MoveOn.org (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: 2016–2020)
Appointment as California State Director for Senator Kamala Harris's office (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: 2016–2019)
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| 2017 |
Appointment as CEO of Cranemia (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: 2017–2021)
Managing Director of the Penn Biden Center (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: 2017–2019)
Appointment as Managing Director of the Biden Institute (Michael C. Donilon, Period: Circa 2017–2019)
Activities at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: 2017–2020)
Appointment as CNN Political Commentator (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: February 2017–2020)
Election to the US Senate (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: November 2016 (assumed office in January 2017))
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| 2018 |
Appointment to Facebook Board of Directors (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: 2018–2020)
Co-founding of National Security Action (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: 2018)
Educational activities at Yale Law School and elsewhere (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: Circa 2018–2020)
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| 2019 |
Senior policy advisor to the Joe Biden presidential campaign (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: 2019–2020)
Appointment as Chair of the Joe Biden presidential campaign (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: 2019–2020)
Appointment as Chief Strategist for the Joe Biden presidential campaign (Michael C. Donilon, Period: 2019–2020)
Appointment as Political Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: Circa 2019–2020)
Participation in the Biden presidential campaign (Catherine Joan Bedingfield, Period: 2019–2020)
Participation in Kamala Harris's presidential campaign (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: 2019)
Publication of "A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America" (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: November 5, 2019)
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| 2020 |
Appointment as Senior Advisor to the Joe Biden presidential campaign (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 2020)
Appointment as Co-Chair of the Joe Biden Presidential Transition Team (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: 2020–January 2021)
Participation in Joe Biden's presidential campaign (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: 2020)
Nomination for Vice President in the 2020 US presidential election (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: August–November 2020)
Appointment as Chief of Staff to Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: August–November 2020)
Participation in the Biden-Harris presidential transition team (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: November 2020–January 2021)
Participation in the Biden-Harris presidential transition team (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: November 2020–January 2021)
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| 2021 |
Inauguration as Vice President of the United States (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: January 20, 2021)
Appointment as White House Chief of Staff in the Biden administration (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: January 20, 2021–February 7, 2023)
Appointment as COVID-19 Response Coordinator in the Biden administration (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: January 20, 2021–April 5, 2022)
Appointment as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Biden administration (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: January 20, 2021–January 20, 2025)
Appointment as Counselor to the President in the Biden administration (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: January 20, 2021–January 20, 2025)
Appointment as Senior Advisor to the President in the Biden administration (Michael C. Donilon, Period: January 20, 2021–January 2024)
Appointment as White House Press Secretary (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: January 20, 2021–May 13, 2022)
Appointment as Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: January 20, 2021–May 12, 2022)
Appointment as White House Communications Director (Catherine Joan Bedingfield, Period: January 20, 2021–March 1, 2023)
Appointment as Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: January 20, 2021–May 16, 2023)
Criticism regarding COVID-19 response (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: July 2021–January 2022)
COVID-19 infection and return to duty (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: November 2–12, 2021, March 22, 2022)
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| 2022 |
Resignation as White House Press Secretary (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: May 13, 2022)
Appointment as White House Press Secretary (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: May 13, 2022–January 20, 2025)
Appointment as Senior Advisor to the President (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: June 15, 2022–May 16, 2023)
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| 2023 |
Resignation as White House Communications Director (Catherine Joan Bedingfield, Period: Announced February 2023, resigned March 1, 2023)
Resignation as White House Chief of Staff (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: February 7, 2023)
Appointment as White House Chief of Staff (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: February 8, 2023)
Appointment as host of MSNBC political program "Inside with Jen Psaki" (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: March 2023–2025)
Home break-in incident (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: April 2023)
Appointment as Campaign Manager for the Biden reelection campaign (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: April 2023–July 2024)
Appointment as CNN Political Commentator (Catherine Joan Bedingfield, Period: July 2023)
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| 2024 |
Appointment as Chief Legal Officer of Airbnb (Ronald Alan Klain, Period: 2024 onwards)
Appointment as Chief Strategist for the 2024 presidential campaign (Michael C. Donilon, Period: February–July 2024)
Publication of "Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World" (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: May 2024)
Run for the 2024 US presidential election (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: July–November 2024)
Endorsement of Kamala Harris for presidential election (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: July 2024)
Appointment as Campaign Manager for Kamala Harris's presidential campaign (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: July 2024–December 2024)
Involvement in drafting Biden's presidential campaign withdrawal statement (Michael C. Donilon, Period: July 21, 2024)
Appearance at US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Afghanistan withdrawal (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: July 26, 2024)
Promotion to Senior Advisor to the President (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: October 7, 2024–January 20, 2025)
Criticism regarding election strategy after the 2024 presidential election (Michael C. Donilon, Period: November 2024–2025)
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| 2025 |
Appointment as Resident Fellow at Harvard Institute of Politics (Michael C. Donilon, Period: Spring 2025)
End of term as Vice President (Kamala Devi Harris, Period: January 20, 2025)
Resignation as Chief of Staff in the Biden administration (Jeffrey Dunston Zients, Period: January 20, 2025)
Resignation from the Biden administration (Stephen John Ricchetti, Period: January 20, 2025)
Resignation as White House Press Secretary (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: January 20, 2025)
Appointment as Professor at Harvard Kennedy School (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: April 2025)
Appointment as host of "The Briefing with Jen Psaki" (Jennifer Rene Psaki, Period: April 2025–present)
Departure from the Democratic Party to become an independent (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: June 4, 2025)
Appointment as Honorary Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: July 13, 2025)
Publication of "A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines" (Karine Jean-Pierre, Period: October 21, 2025)
Launch of the podcast "The Long Game" (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Period: November 2025)
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| Unknown |
Growing up exposed to the agricultural workers' rights movement (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: Childhood to adolescence)
Activities at the Cesar Chavez Foundation (Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Period: Post-college graduation–circa 2008)
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