White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is replacing Jen Psaki as White House press secretary, President Biden announced Thursday.
Jean-Pierre, who will be the first Black White House press secretary, has occasionally filled in for Psaki at the White House briefing room lectern and fielded questions from reporters aboard Air Force One.
Jean-Pierre, 44, was born in France. She worked for the Biden and Obama campaigns, and has served as an NBC and MSNBC political analyst.
The role of White House press secretary is notoriously difficult, requiring a robust knowledge of domestic and international politics, as well as the ability to respond quickly to questions from a room of dozens of reporters.