Biden bolsters campaign with two top White House aides as focus turns to the general election

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is dispatching two of his senior-most White House advisers to bolster his Delaware-based reelection campaign as his focus shifts to the general election in November.

The strikes of his deputy leader of body of workers Jen O’Malley Dillon, his 2020 campaign supervisor, and senior adviser Mike Donilon to the campaign were anticipated, and campaign aides insisted it used to be no longer indicators of a broader shakeup. Though some outstanding Democrats had expressed worries about Biden’s operation in Wilmington, campaign supervisor Julie Chavez Rodriguez is retaining her function. The announcement comes on the identical day as the New Hampshire primary, the place former President Donald Trump is having a look to lock in his trail towards the GOP nomination.

“Mike and Jen had been very important contributors of the senior staff that helped President Biden and Vice President Harris earn the maximum votes in American historical past in 2020, and we’re extremely joyful to have their management and strategic prowess targeted full-time on sending them again to the White House for 4 extra years,” said Chavez Rodriguez in a statement.

An aide said the staffing shifts allow the aides, who have been key to managing Biden’s political activities and messaging inside the White House, to take on more overtly political roles on the campaign ahead of an expected campaign against Trump. The campaign said Donilon would focus on advertising and strategy, while O’Malley Dillon would work on organizing and the electoral mechanics.

O’Malley Dillon’s transfer used to be first reported through The New York Times.