Joe Biden has appointed Pete Buttigieg to a key role in his White House transition team that will make his presidency a reality, if he wins on 3 November.
Meanwhile Buttigieg, a military veteran, has denounced President Donald Trump for calling fallen US troops ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, bowed out of the presidential race in March to endorse Biden. At the time Biden praised Buttigieg’s historic presidential run – the first serious bid to win the White House by an openly gay candidate.
And Biden predicted we would see more of him in future. Now Buttigieg will join the 15-person advisory board for the transition, if Biden wins the presidency.