Jen Psaki

About

Jennifer Rene Psaki (; born December 1, 1978) is an American political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations, she served in the Biden administration as the 34th White House press secretary from January 2021 to May 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Obama administration as the White House deputy press secretary (2009); the White House deputy communications director (2009–2011); the spokesperson for the United States Department of State (2013–2015); and the White House communications director (2015–2017).
Psaki was a political contributor for CNN from 2017 to 2020. As of March 2023, she hosts the talk show Inside with Jen Psaki on MS NOW and later on in May 2025 began hosting The Briefing with Jen Psaki.

Psaki, the eldest of three daughters, was born in New York City in 1978 to psychotherapist Eileen (née Dolan) Medvey and now-retired real estate developer Dimitrios “James” Raul Psaki. She is of Greek and Irish descent. Psaki’s parents married in 1976, but would later separate.
Her paternal grandparents were Mary Keane, who died in 1987, and…