TJ Ducklo | |
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White House Deputy Press Secretary | |
In office January 20, 2021 –February 13, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Judd Deere |
Succeeded by | Chris Meagher |
Personal details | |
Born | September 22,1988 Nashville,Tennessee,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Domestic partner | Alexi McCammond |
Education | George Washington University (BA) |
Tyler Joseph"TJ"Ducklo [1] (born September 22,1988 [2] [3] ) is an American political adviser serving as senior advisor on the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign. He previously served as a special assistant to the president and White House junior deputy press secretary for the Biden administration from January 2021 until February 13,2021,when he resigned after threats he made to a reporter came to light. [4] Ducklo previously worked as the national press secretary for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign. [5]
Ducklo was born in Nashville,Tennessee and is the son of prominent Nashville optometrist Dr. Tommy Ducklo. [6]
He earned a bachelor of arts degree in political communication from George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs in 2011. [7]
Ducklo previously worked as a staff assistant for James Carville and Mary Matalin. [7] He volunteered for Karl Dean's 2007 Nashville mayoral campaign and interned in the United States Senate in 2008. [7] Ducklo also worked on Washington,D.C.'s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics [7] and has held senior media relations posts at Bloomberg News,Viacom,and the Motion Picture Association of America. [8] In addition,Ducklo was a public relations advisor for Showtime's 2016 documentary The Circus . [8]
Ducklo joined the Biden campaign in April 2019,his first significant role on a political campaign. [7] Before joining the Biden campaign,Ducklo worked as senior communications director for NBC News. [8]
On January 15,2021,it was announced that Ducklo would serve as a White House deputy press secretary in the Biden Administration. [9]
In February 2021,People reported that Ducklo was in a romantic relationship with Alexi McCammond,who covered the Biden campaign and administration for NBC and MSNBC as a contributor and as a reporter for Axios in 2019 and 2020. As a result,McCammond was reassigned to covering Vice President Kamala Harris and progressive lawmakers in Congress. [10]
After the profile was released,Vanity Fair reported that Ducklo threatened Politico reporter Tara Palmeri,telling her he would "destroy her" if she published a story about his relationship with McCammond. He had also reportedly made "derogatory and misogynistic comments" toward Palmeri during a phone call and accused her of being "jealous" of his relationship with McCammond. [11] On February 12,Ducklo was suspended without pay for one week and apologized. [12] He resigned from his White House position the next day. [13]
In June 2021,Ducklo joined Risa Heller Communications,boutique public relations firm in New York,as a senior vice president. [14]
In April 2022,Ducklo became chief communications officer and a senior adviser to John Cooper,the mayor of Nashville,Tennessee. Ducklo oversaw "the administration's communications team and advised Cooper on political and strategic decisions," The Tennessean reported. [15] In June 2023,Ducklo left the Mayor's office to become a senior advisor on President Biden's re-election campaign.[ citation needed ]
In December 2019,Ducklo announced on Twitter that he had been diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. [16] As of February 2021,Ducklo continued to receive treatment. [10]
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