Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old served as Donald Trump's campaign spokeswoman and is expected to make her debut during the president's second week back in office.
It’s unclear how often Leavitt, 27, plans to hold briefings.
Leavitt’s background blends communications, political science, and early exposure to the world of political press.
Here is what we know about Leavitt:
While a student, Leavitt interned at Fox News and the Trump White House press office, experiences she credits with shaping her career path.
After graduating in 2019, she joined the Trump administration as a presidential speechwriter, later transitioning to assistant press secretary. Her responsibilities included preparing then-Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany for briefings.
Following her White House tenure, Leavitt served as communications director for Rep. Elise Stefanik. She then launched a 2022 congressional campaign for New Hampshire's first district, securing the Republican nomination but ultimately losing to Democrat Chris Pappas.
Her campaign platform echoed many of Trump's key policy positions, including tax cuts, pro-growth economic policies, strong border enforcement, and zero tolerance for illegal immigration.
She also advocated for completing the border wall.
Who was the previous youngest press secretary?
Previously, the youngest press secretary was Ronald Ziegler, who was 29 when he took the position in 1969 in Richard Nixon’s administration.
Trump had four press secretaries during his first administration, Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham and Kayleigh McEnany, and Grisham never held a briefing, while the others were more frequent presences behind the podium.
The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room was the site of clashes between spokespeople and journalists during President Donald Trump’s first term. Trump, a Republican, also made frequent appearances there himself during the coronavirus outbreak.
Grisham was arguably the nation’s least visible press secretary in modern history, not holding a press briefing during nine months on the job.
While she made occasional appearances on the Fox News Channel, she preferred to tape her interviews in a studio to avoid having to speak to reporters who gather on the White House driveway to interview officials after they appear on TV via cameras set up outside the executive mansion.
