President Barack Obama Political party Democratic Spouse Claire Shipman (m. 2001) Full Name James Carney Name Jay Carney | Preceded by Robert Gibbs Website Government website Deputy Josh Earnest Alma mater Yale University B.A. Succeeded by Josh Earnest | |
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Born May 22, 1965 (age 58)
Washington, D.C., U.S. ( 1965-05-22 ) Role Former White House Press Secretary Previous office White House Press Secretary (2011–2014) Children Hugo James Carney, Della Claire Carney Education Lawrenceville School, Yale University Similar People Claire Shipman, Josh Earnest, Robert Gibbs, Jen Psaki, Ed Henry | ||
White house press secretary jay carney resigns
James "Jay" Carney (born May 22, 1965) is an American journalist and served as a White House press secretary for President Barack Obama.
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- White house press secretary jay carney resigns
- Press Secretary Grilled Over White House Photographer Access
- Early life and education
- Time Magazine
- White House Press Secretary
- CNN commentator
- Amazoncom Inc
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
From 2014 to 2015, he worked as a senior political analyst at CNN. He served as White House press secretary, from 2011 to 2014, and his resignation was accepted by President Barack Obama, on May 30, 2014. From 2008 to 2011, he was director of communications for Vice President Joe Biden. He worked as the Time Magazine Washington bureau chief, from 2005 to 2008 and was a regular contributor in the "roundtable" segment of This Week with George Stephanopoulos for ABC News.
Carney has been the senior vice president of worldwide corporate affairs at Amazon.com, Inc., since March 2, 2015.
Press Secretary Grilled Over White House Photographer Access
Early life and education
Carney was raised in Northern Virginia, attended high school at The Lawrenceville School, a college preparatory boarding school in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and earned a bachelor's degree cum laude in Russian and Eastern European studies, from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1987.
Time Magazine
After working as a reporter for The Miami Herald, since 1987, Carney joined Time magazine as the Miami bureau chief, in 1989. He worked as a correspondent in Time's Moscow bureau for three years, covering the collapse of the U.S.S.R.. He transferred to Washington, D.C., in 1993, to report on the Bill Clinton White House. He was Time magazine's Washington bureau deputy chief, from 2003 to 2005 and the bureau chief, from September 2005, until December 2008.
White House Press Secretary
On December 15, 2008, Carney left the private sector to take a position as director of communications to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
On 27 January 2011, Carney was selected to become the Obama Administration's second White House press secretary. He was named the successor to previous White House press secretary Robert Gibbs by White House chief of staff, William M. Daley. Carney was one of fourteen White House appointees announced by Daley on that day.
On 30 May 2014, President Barack Obama announced Carney would be succeeded by Josh Earnest.
CNN commentator
Following his stint as press secretary, he worked as a CNN senior political analyst, from September 2014 to February 2015.
Amazon.com, Inc
On 2 March 2015, Carney began working for Amazon.com, Inc. as the senior vice president of worldwide corporate affairs.
Awards
He has written and reported about the Presidency of George W. Bush, and was one of a few reporters who were aboard Air Force One with Bush on September 11, 2001. In 2003, he won the 2003 Gerald R. Ford prize for distinguished reporting on the presidency of the United States of America.
Personal life
Carney lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Claire Shipman, a senior correspondent for ABC News, and their two children. He is a devoted fan of the indie rock band Guided By Voices.