First lady Dr. Jill Biden‘s press secretary, Michael LaRosa, is leaving the White House, a White House official told CNN.

The official stated that LaRosa’s resignation has been well-known within the East Wing for a few weeks and cited LaRosa’s desire to support the first lady on three high-profile foreign trips as justification for delaying his departure.

Throughout the 2019 presidential campaign, LaRosa served as Biden’s spokesperson before being named press secretary in January 2021. He received the additional title of special assistant to the President Joe Biden in September.

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LaRosa previously served as a spokesperson for Jill Biden and the 2020 campaign of Joe Biden.

As an intern for Hillary Clinton‘s re-election campaign for the US Senate, LaRosa got his start in politics. Later, he worked as Kirsten Gillibrand’s scheduler and Melissa Bean’s personal assistant. He also served as the deputy director of the US Office of Personnel Management’s special assistant. 

LaRosa collaborated with Chris Matthews as a segment producer and writer for Hardball. He served as Senator Maria Cantwell’s communications director from 2017 to 2019. He was also the communications director for the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the United States. 

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He was the deputy director of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee from April to November 2019. In November 2019, he joined the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign as Jill Biden’s chief spokesman and travelling press secretary. LaRosa was appointed Press Secretary to the First Lady in the incoming Biden administration in January 2021.

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LaRosa graduated from Easton Area High School in 2002 after attending Easton Area School District schools in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Seton Hall University awarded him a Bachelor of Arts in political science and communications, and American University awarded him a Master of Arts in political science and government. LaRosa was a competitive swimmer in high school and college.