Nick Ayers

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Nick Ayers (2010)

James Nicholas "Nick" Ayers (born August 16, 1982 ) is an American political advisor and since 2017 the chief of staff of the Vice President of the United States , Mike Pence .

Life

Childhood, youth and education

Ayers grew up in Cobb County , Georgia . His parents divorced when he was 13 years old. As a teenager, he worked in a local bank alongside school. In 2000 he began studying at Kennesaw State University . Nick Ayers obtained his bachelor's degree in political science in 2009.

Political career

By his own admission, Ayers, who came from a Democratic family, had a positive attitude towards President Bill Clinton as a teenager . As a student, however, he then joined the Republicans . During his time at the university, he met Senator Sonny Perdue , who was running for governor of Georgia. Ayers then joined his campaign team. In the following years, Ayers also advised leading Republicans and planned their campaigns. Until 2011 he worked for Tim Pawlenty , then for Bruce Rauner and then for Eric Greitens . In 2016, he led the campaign for vice presidential candidate Mike Pence. After the election victory , he appointed him his chief of staff in June 2017. Ayers was considered the favorite to succeed John F. Kelly as Chief of Staff of the White House in December 2018 , but he turned it down because he only wanted to be signed up for the first three months of 2019 and then return to Georgia with his family. He announced that he would resign from his previous position at the end of the year and then work for a Super PAC that supports President Trump's re-election campaign.

family

Ayers married his girlfriend Jamie Floyd in 2005, with whom he has had triplets since December 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amanda Silverman: 'He Hasn't Lost Anything Yet', in: The New Republic, https://newrepublic.com/article/70798/he-hasnt-lost-anything-yet , accessed: November 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ John Haltiwanger: Meet Nick Ayers, the leading candidate to take over for John Kelly as White House chief of staff, in: Business Insider, https://www.businessinsider.de/meet-nick-ayers-the-possible-next -white-house-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-2018-11? op = 1 , accessed: 17.11.2018.
  3. ↑ Igor Derysh: Nick Ayers: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, in: heavy, https://heavy.com/NEWS/2018/11/NICK-AYERS/ , accessed: November 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ Jordan Fabian, Brett Samuels: Pence aide Ayers will not be White House chief of staff. In: The Hill , December 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ Jason Horowitz: Young Nick Ayers has full-grown plans for a Republican return to the White House, in: Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/26/ AR2010042603992_pf.html ?? noredirect = on , accessed: November 15, 2018 ,
  6. ↑ Jim Galloway: BLOG: Political Insider: Your daily jolt: In Georgia, congressional Republicans split . In: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Jan. 2, 2013. 
personal data
SURNAME Ayers, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ayers, James Nicholas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Political Advisor, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1982