Former Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan has built a second career in presidential politics.
Former Olympic medal-winning figure skater Michelle Kwan has joined former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign staff. By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow April 25 at 7:34 PM Two-time Olympic medalist and five-time figure skating world champion Michelle Kwan has joined Joe Biden’s presidential campaign team, the campaign announced Thursday. She is expected to serve as the former vice president’s surrogate director.
“She comes in with a lot of relationships that maybe people on the Biden team don’t have. She knows celebrities. She’s known people at the State Department for a long time. She’s going to jell very well with the people over there,” said Adrienne Elrod, a Democratic strategist who was the Clinton campaign’s director of strategic communication and surrogates.
“It used to surprise some people on the Clinton campaign to see her at her desk in yoga pants and go, ‘That’s Michelle Kwan,’ ” Palmieri said. “I think when people heard Michelle Kwan worked at the Clinton campaign, they thought she was a spokeswoman. No, Michelle Kwan worked at the Clinton camp, in the office.
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