President Biden on Wednesday hosted an official transition event to kick off Jeff Zients’ role as chief of staff and to thank former chief of staff Ron Klain for his service since the beginning of the Biden administration.
Klain, at the event, gave a going away nod to Biden’s re-election campaign, which has not formally been announced.
“I look forward to being on your side when you run for president in 2024,” he said to applause from the dozens of White House aides at the event.
Klain rattled off work out of the White House over the last two years. Not bad, he said, for a 2020 presidential candidate who was “written off for dead.”
“It is never a good bet to bet against Joe Biden and this team,” he said, getting emotional.
