James Ferguson "Jay" Carney was born on May 22,1965 and is an American public relations officer, political advisor, and journalist who has served as Amazon's Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs from 2015 to 2022, and the United States White House Press Secretary from 2011 to 2014.
19 Facts About Jay Carney
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Jay Carney transferred to Washington, DC, in mid-1993, to report on the Bill Clinton White House.
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Jay Carney covered Clinton's first term, the Newt Gingrich-led GOP Congress and Clinton's impeachment by the US House of Representatives.
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Jay Carney was a traveling correspondent on the 2000 presidential campaigns of Texas Governor George W Bush and Senator John McCain, and White House correspondent for Bush's first term as president.
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Jay Carney was one of a few reporters who were aboard Air Force One with President Bush on September 11,2001.
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Jay Carney was Time's Washington bureau deputy chief from 2003 to 2005 and then bureau chief, from September 2005 until December 2008.
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On December 15,2008, Jay Carney left the private sector to take a position as director of communications to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
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On January 27,2011, Jay Carney was selected to become the Obama Administration's second White House press secretary.
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Jay Carney was named the successor to previous press secretary Robert Gibbs by White House chief of staff, William M Daley.
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Jay Carney was one of fourteen White House appointees announced by Daley on that day.
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On May 30,2014, President Barack Obama announced Jay Carney would be succeeded by Josh Earnest.
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At three years, five months on the job, Jay Carney is the longest-serving press secretary since Michael McCurry in the mid-1990s.
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On March 2,2015, Jay Carney began working for Amazon as the senior vice president of global corporate affairs.
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Jay Carney initially managed a lobbying and public-policy group of about two dozen employees; by 2021, that had increased to about 250 employees.
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Twice during the month of October 2019, Jay Carney had to walk back controversial public comments.
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In July 2022, it was announced that Jay Carney was joining Airbnb as Global Head of Policy and Communications.
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In 2003, Carney won the Gerald R Ford prize for distinguished reporting on the presidency of the United States of America.
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Jay Carney is a devoted fan of the indie rock band Guided by Voices.
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Jay Carney serves on the board of directors of Human Rights First.