Jay Carney began his career as a reporter with The Miami Herald before working at TIME magazine for 20 years. His assignments at TIME included coverage of the collapse of the Soviet Union from its Moscow Bureau and coverage of the White House during both the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations from its D.C. Bureau. Jay served as the D.C. Bureau's chief from 2005-2008.
In the Obama administration, Carney first served as the communications director to then-Vice President Biden from 2009-2011. After that, Carney was named the nation's 28th White House Press Secretary in early 2011. He became the longest-serving Press Secretary of the 21st century, leaving the post in mid-2014. After his government service, Carney returned to the private sector and served as a Senior Vice President for Global Corporate Affairs at Amazon from 2015-2022, overseeing the company's communications team. He is now the Global Head of Policy and Communications at Airbnb.