U.S. President Joe Biden will identify as his chief of employees Jeff Zients, a former White House pandemic coverage coordinator, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing 4 individuals accustomed to the choice.
Ron Klain, Biden’s present chief of employees, plans to depart his submit within the coming weeks, sources accustomed to the matter have instructed Reuters.
Zients had served because the White House COVID coordinator from the beginning of the Biden administration in early 2021 via April of final 12 months. He was credited with overseeing and implementing Biden’s efforts to get Americans vaccinated, but in addition confronted criticism that the administration didn’t do sufficient early on to spice up testing capability.
Zients had served as an financial adviser to President Barack Obama’s administration, during which Biden served as vice chairman.
The White House had no speedy touch upon the report that Zients was tipped for the job.
