{"id":1620458,"date":"2022-08-23T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1620458"},"modified":"2022-08-23T13:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:47:46","slug":"bidens-bodyman-confidante-leaves-him-for-department-of-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-bodyman-confidante-leaves-him-for-department-of-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s \u2018Bodyman,\u2019 Confidante Leaves Him For Department Of Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-bodyman-confidante-leaves-him-for-department-of-transportation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1620458&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\">President Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> bodyman and personal aide, Stephen Goepfert, will reportedly leave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/white-house\">White House<\/a> and head to the Department of Transportation at the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the campaign to the White House, Stephen Goepfert has been by my side,\u201d Biden said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/23\/politics\/stephen-goepfert-joe-biden-white-house\/index.html\">CNN reported<\/a>. \u201cIn moments big, small, and extraordinary, he\u2019s been a trusted and loyal confidant who everyone counts on and who always delivers. Jill and I will miss Stephen, but we\u2019re proud that he will continue to serve the American people in his new role in the Biden-Harris administration as he continues his career in public service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goepfert, the first openly gay personal aide to a president, has likely spent more time by the president\u2019s side than other any other White House aide since his 2020 presidential campaign, CNN reported, describing him as a \u201ckey cog\u201d on Biden\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>The special assistant to the president would be the first staffer the president would see most mornings and the last he would see at night, and senior White House advisors told CNN that Goepfert was known for a minute understanding of Biden\u2019s schedule and habits.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-427656\" class=\"wp-image-427656 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1408065924-864x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1408065924-864x576-1.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1408065924-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1408065924-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1408065924-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1408065924-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1408065924-1800x1200-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1408065924-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-427656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JULY 11: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) returns to the Oval Office following an event to celebrate the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act on the South Lawn of the White House on July 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. \u00a0(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>He is frequently captured in media and photography placing Biden\u2019s remarks on the podium or slipping a note to the president during public events, and his job required him to be involved in both the president\u2019s public and private life, traveling with him on foreign trips or to his Delaware homes.<\/p>\n<p>When the rest of the country was holed up at home during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Goepfert was physically at Biden\u2019s home to help set up media interviews, donor calls, Zoom calls, help fix the president\u2019s speeches or put the briefing book together, the publication reported.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s bodyman will be replaced by the current White House receptionist, Jacob Spreyer. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire on why Goepfert is leaving the administration.<\/p>\n<p>Goepfert is one of many White House employees to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11138285\/Bidens-bodyman-QUITS-job-Transportation-Department.html\">depart the administration<\/a> in recent months and head to another government position: White House Rapid Response Director Mike Gwin and Press Assistant Michael Kikukawa both headed to the Treasury Department, while Assistant White House Press Secretary Vedant Patel is now a deputy spokesperson at the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Office Chief of Staff Amanda Finney went to the Energy Department in June, and Symone Sanders, the former chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, now hosts a show at MSNBC \u2014 where former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki also headed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s bodyman and personal aide, Stephen Goepfert, will reportedly leave the White House and head to the Department of Transportation at the end of the week. \u201cFrom the campaign to the White House, Stephen Goepfert has been by my side,\u201d Biden said in a statement, CNN reported. \u201cIn moments big, small, and extraordinary, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1620460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1620458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1620460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}