Vice President JD Vance’s chief of staff, Jacob Reses, will depart the Trump administration by the end of summer, according to multiple reports on Thursday.
Reses began working as Vance’s chief of staff since President Donald Trump reentered the White House in January 2025, but he has been by the vice president’s side since he was elected as a senator in Ohio in 2022.
He informed the vice president that he would be leaving several months ago after his wife announced the couple was pregnant with their first child.
Reses has maintained a relatively low media profile. Vance praised his chief of staff’s work at his side over the years.
“Jacob’s been by my side for my whole career in public life,” Vance told NBC News. “I can’t imagine having been on this life-changing journey without him. From day one of my time as a Senator-elect, I could not have asked for a more loyal and discerning advisor and friend as my chief of staff. I’ll miss him dearly, but he won’t be far, and I plan to keep his counsel close until our paths cross again.”
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Reses worked for Heritage Action, an affiliate of the Heritage Foundation, before joining Vance four years ago.
Reses has not announced the next step in his career, but NBC reported via an anonymous source that Reses could reunite with Vance in the future.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.