Bill Shine, who was the co-president of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, has officially joined the Trump administration, the White House said Thursday.
Shine will join the White House staff as President Donald Trump‘s assistant and deputy chief of staff for communications, the White House said.
Shine “brings over two decades of television programming, communications, and management experience to the role,” the White House said in a statement.
The senior executive had resigned from Fox in May 2017, trailing the departure of Fox’s ex-chairman, Roger Ailes, who resigned 10 months earlier after being accused of sexual harassment by a former host. Shine had been at Fox News since it launched more than 20 years ago.
Shine had been in talks with Trump administration officials to become the White House communications director, people familiar with the matter told CNBC in June. The post was vacated by Hope Hicks, the fourth to serve in the role under Trump, in March.
Shine will accompany Trump aboard Air Force One on Thursday to a rally in Montana, Axios reported, where the president is expected to drum up support for Republican Senate candidate Matt Rosendale, as well as incumbent Rep. Greg Gianforte, in the midterm elections.
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