18 Facts About TJ Ducklo

Tyler Joseph "TJ" Ducklo was born on September 22,1988 and is an American political advisor.

TJ Ducklo previously served under former president Joe Biden as a special assistant to the president and White House Deputy Press Secretary in 2021; as national press secretary for Biden's 2020 presidential campaign; and as senior advisor on the subsequent 2024 presidential campaign.

TJ Ducklo was born in Nashville, Tennessee and is the son of Nashville optometrist Tommy TJ Ducklo.

TJ Ducklo was educated at the University School of Nashville and earned a bachelor of arts degree in political communication from George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs in 2011.

TJ Ducklo previously worked as a staff assistant for James Carville and Mary Matalin.

TJ Ducklo volunteered for Karl Dean's 2007 Nashville mayoral campaign and interned in the United States Senate in 2008.

TJ Ducklo worked on Washington, DC's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and has held senior media relations posts at Bloomberg News, Viacom, and the Motion Picture Association of America.

TJ Ducklo joined the Biden campaign in April 2019, his first significant role on a political campaign.

On January 15,2021, it was announced that TJ Ducklo would serve as a White House deputy press secretary in the Biden administration.

In February 2021, People reported that TJ 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.

TJ Ducklo had reportedly made "derogatory and misogynistic comments" toward Palmeri during a phone call and accused her of being "jealous" of his relationship with McCammond.

TJ Ducklo resigned from his White House position the next day.

In June 2021, TJ Ducklo joined Risa Heller Communications, a boutique public relations firm in New York, as a senior vice president.

TJ Ducklo's clients have included Jeff Zucker and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

TJ Ducklo oversaw "the administration's communications team and advised Cooper on political and strategic decisions," The Tennessean reported.

In June 2023, TJ Ducklo left the Mayor's office to become a senior advisor on President Biden's re-election campaign.

TJ Ducklo joined Biden's 2024 campaign and stayed after it turned into the Kamala Harris campaign, later leaving for a position as chief strategist at a PAC called Democracy Defenders.

In December 2019, TJ Ducklo announced on Twitter that he had been diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer.