NAME: Jay Carney.
AGE: 45.
BIRTHPLACE: Washington, D.C.
OCCUPATION: Incoming White House press secretary. Currently communications director for Vice President Joe Biden, since January 2009.
CAREER: Time magazine Washington bureau chief, 2005-2008; Time assistant bureau chief in Washington, 2003-2005; Time reporter in Washington, 1993-2003; Time reporter in Moscow, 1990-1993; Time Miami bureau chief, 1989-90; Reporter for Miami Herald, 1987-1988.
EDUCATION: Yale University graduate; studied and speaks Russian.
FAMILY: Married to ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman.