Biden’s Communications Director Quits, Marking 2nd White House Resignation in a Week

U.S. President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn as he leaves the White House on Oct. 7, 2021. Biden was traveling to the Chicago area to promote his Build Back Better agenda while also encouraging employers to have their employees vaccinated. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Emma Riley, White House communications chief of staff, became the second person in the Biden–Harris team to hand in a resignation in a week, when she announced that she’s leaving her post for a job in the Labor Department.

“It was an honor and privilege to serve POTUS and the American people at the White House,” Riley wrote on Twitter on Nov. 19, adding that she'll be working with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, for whom she worked as an associate press secretary when Walsh was mayor of Boston.