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President Biden’s communications director Kate Bedingfield will leave the White House later this month, Fox News confirmed, and will continue to be a “critical actor in advancing Biden’s agenda from the outside.”
A White House aide told Fox News that Bedingfield will leave later this month to spend more time with her young children and her husband, who is also a veteran of the Biden administration and campaign.
The attendee told Fox News that Bedingfield will help support Biden and the Biden administration from the outside.
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 13: Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki (L) and White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield (R) expect President Joe Biden to comment on the response and the COVID-19 vaccination program at the White House Rose Garden on May 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. Psaki left office earlier this year; Bedingfield has to leave soon. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
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“Without Kate Bedingfield’s talent and tenacity, Donald Trump could still be in the White House, the Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure Act could still be unfulfilled goals, and Kentaji Brown Jackson might not be in the Supreme Court.” said the White House chief of staff. said Ron Klain. “He has played an important role in everything the president has achieved: from his second term as vice president, through the campaign and since he came to the White House.”
“His strategic insight, his intense devotion to the president’s agenda, and the fierce work on his behalf are second to none,” Klain said.
He added: “He will remain a critical player in advancing Biden’s agenda from the outside.”
Bedingfield is a longtime and loyal advisor to Biden, according to the assistant, who served as communications director while he was vice president.
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Bedingfield was also deputy director of communications campaign during the 2020 cycle, before becoming director of communications for the White House.
White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield speaks at a White House press conference in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2022. (REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque)
Bedingfield’s departure comes after White House rapid response director Mike Gwin left the White House last month. Gwin is now in the Treasury Department as Undersecretary of Public Affairs.
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Bedingfield’s departure also comes after White House press secretary Jen Psaki left the administration in May to take up a role on MSNBC.
Brooke Singman is a political journalist for Fox News Digital. You can contact her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.