WASHINGTON (NEWSnet/AP) — President Joe Biden is getting a new communications director at the White House as he inches closer to an expected re-election campaign.

The administration tapped a veteran of the Obama-Biden years to lead the team, Ben LaBolt. He will replace Kate Bedingfield, who had said in July that she was leaving the White House but stuck around and will now go by the end of the month.

Bedingfield was Biden's communications director when he was vice president and served as his deputy campaign manager during his 2020 presidential run.

Biden says Bedingfield has been a loyal and trusted adviser since his time as vice president.

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