La Grange native Ben LaBolt will replace Kate Bedingfield as White House communications director by the end of the month.
President Joe Biden is getting a new communications director at the White House as he inches closer to an expected re-election campaign.
LaBolt is a La Grange native who attended Lyons Township High School and worked as a campaign advisor to both President Obama and former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. Bedingfield is expected to be key in Biden's likely re-election campaign as a consultant, according to a person familiar with the president's plans who was not authorized to speak publicly about them and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Bedingfield's departure is the latest for the administration, which saw little turnover during Biden's first two years. Jen Psaki left as White House press secretary in May. Ron Klain announced his departure as chief of staff just a few weeks ago. Since then, Brian Deese, a top Biden aide on the economy, said he would leave, and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is also expected to do so.
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