Ron Klain
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Ronald Alan Klain is an American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023.
Official portrait, 2021
Klain prepping President Obama for a presidential debate in 2012. John Kerry (center) played the role of Mitt Romney.
Klain briefing President Obama in his role as Ebola Response Coordinator
Klain with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office, July 2021
White House Chief of Staff
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The White House chief of staff is the head of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, a position in the federal government of the United States.
Ron Klain
…Ronald Alan Klain (born August 8, 1961) is an American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023. A Democrat, Klain previously served as chief of staff to Vice Presidents Al Gore from 1995 to 1999 and Joe…
The White House logo under Trump 2.0
Susie Wiles July 2025
Chief of Staff Jack Watson (1980–1981) meets with President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office, in 1977
President George H. W. Bush sits at his desk in the Oval Office Study as Chief of Staff John Sununu stands nearby, in 1989