Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has assigned a Black lesbian to be his running mate Kamala Harris’ chief of staff, reported NBC News.
Shortly after making the announcement that the California senator would be joining him on the Democratic ticket as potential VP, the Biden campaign announced that senior campaign advisor Karine Jean-Pierre would be Harris’ chief of staff.
With the position, Jean-Pierre is the first Black person to serve as chief of staff to a vice presidential candidate. Jean-Pierre has extensive political experience, working for former President Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns and in the White House Office of Political Affairs during Obama’s first term.