Biden Selects Long-Time Aide Ron Klain as Chief of Staff
- Washington veteran was prominent in Obama administration
- Klain led the White House response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak
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President-elect Joe Biden named long-time aide Ron Klain, who played a leading role during the economic and public health crises of the Obama administration, as his White House chief of staff.
Klain will manage the incoming White House through a pandemic that is surging across the country, once again filling hospital beds and threatening the economy. Biden has said that bringing the coronavirus outbreak under control will be his top priority.