Ron Klain, Biden’s White House chief of staff, is reportedly expected to step down

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is preparing to resign in the coming weeks, according to a report from The New York Times.

Klain, a longtime adviser to president Joe Biden, supported Biden during the 2020 campaign and has helped his administration since being elected to office. After the midterm elections in November and two years in the White House, Klain told colleagues he was ready for something different, the report said.

The search for Klain’s replacement is reportedly underway, but it is unclear if a successor has been chosen or when a decision will be announced.

Klain previously served as Biden’s chief of staff during former President Barack Obama’s first term, and he has worked with Biden since he became president in 1987. Biden appointed Klain as his chief of staff in November 2020, and he has been a part of various successes and failures. administration since – Klain helped oversee plans for Covid-19 relief and vaccine distribution, bipartisan infrastructure programs and historic investments in climate change while fighting high inflation and slow economic growth.

Klain’s resignation would be a significant departure in an administration that has thus far avoided much turnover. All of Biden’s statutory cabinet members remain, and Klain boasts that he has lasted longer than any other Democratic president’s chief of staff in more than 50 years, according to a Times report.

Former President Donald Trump, in contrast, is on his third chief of staff, third national security adviser and has lost 15 of the initial cabinet secretaries appointed at this point in the presidency.

Klain has been open about his intentions to leave his post, and he will stay on long enough to help the new chief of staff transition and settle in, according to the Times.

The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.

Read the full New York Times report here.