Biden's 'physique man' set to depart White Home

Stephen Goepfert, President Joe Biden's "physique man," will depart his function on the White Home on the finish of the week and take up a brand new publish on the Division of Transportation.

In keeping with CNN, which broke the information of Goepfert's departure on Tuesday, he will probably be changed by present White Home receptionist Jacob Spreyer.

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"From the marketing campaign to the White Home, Stephen Goepfert has been by my aspect," Biden mentioned in an announcement. "In moments large, small, and extraordinary, he is been a trusted and constant confidante who everybody counts on and who all the time delivers. Jill and I'll miss Stephen, however we're proud that he'll proceed to serve the American folks in his new function within the Biden-Harris administration as he continues his profession in public service."

Presidential physique males occupy a singular function on the White Home. Their duties stretch throughout each the chief govt's private and non-private lives, requiring the particular person holding the job to be bodily current on the president's aspect via almost all hours of the day.

The acute calls for of the job has pressured each president relationship again to Richard Nixon to cycle via a number of physique males all through their phrases in workplace. Biden's instant predecessors, former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, employed two and 4 physique males all through their respective phrases.

Goepfert, the primary overtly homosexual presidential physique man, first entered Biden's orbit throughout the Obama years, when he served as a senior adviser to then-vice president and his chief of employees, Steve Ricchetti. Goepfert ultimately took over Biden's full private aide duties on the 2020 presidential marketing campaign path.