John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, is working with White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients on moving to Biden’s re-election campaign.
The story broke on Saturday. It’s the kind of announcement that Team Biden would want to just slip into the news cycle with as little fanfare as possible. Kerry’s position in the Biden White House is a made-up one. He’s the first to hold his title and the position is not one that was confirmed by the Senate. He has a seat on the National Security Council in the White House. It’s reported that Kerry spoke to Biden on Wednesday and told his staff Saturday. He has served in the job for three years.
The job was seen as a sop to Kerry, now 80, an old Senate pal of Biden’s. Kerry fancies himself as a climate expert and the narrative now is that Kerry thinks Biden’s re-election is the “single biggest” difference…
