Background
Carney, Jay was born in Virginia, United States.
journalist White House Press Secretary
Carney, Jay was born in Virginia, United States.
Bachelor in Russian & Eastern European Studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1987.
Reporter Miami Herald. Political affairs reporter, then Miami bureau chief TIME magazine, 1988—1990, correspondent Moscow bureau, 1990—1993, Washington reporter, 1993—2003, Washington assistant bureau chief, 2003—2005, Washington bureau chief, 2005—2008. Assistant & director communications to Vice President Joe Biden The White House, Washington, 2009—2011, assistant to President, press secretary, since 2011.
Special correspondent Cable News Network. Regular contributor ABC News This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
Married Claire Shipman. 2 children.