--- title: Jay Carney, Press Secretary to Barack Obama, in Pictures description: From babyfaced to bearded, a look through Jay Carney's career as he announces the end of his tenure as White House press secretary canonical: https://time.com/2801042/jay-carney-barack-obama-press-secretary-photos/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-30T20:31:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:39:04.142Z og:title: Photos: Jay Carney's Very Public Life, So Far og:description: From babyfaced to bearded, a look through Jay Carney's career as he announces the end of his tenure as White House press secretary og:url: https://time.com/2801042/jay-carney-barack-obama-press-secretary-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Photos: Jay Carney's Very Public Life, So Far twitter:description: From babyfaced to bearded, a look through Jay Carney's career as he announces the end of his tenure as White House press secretary twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jay Carney's Very Public Life, So Far > Sponsored content. 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Bill O'Leary—The Washington Post/Getty Images  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (L), US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (C) and Deputy White House chief of Staff Nancy DeParle (R) get ice cream cones as US President Barack Obama visits DeWitt Dairy Treats in Dewitt, Iowa, August 16, 2011. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a question about Israel and Secretary of State John Kerry during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Jan. 14, 2014. Jacquelyn Martin—AP  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney displays photographs of himself from Tuesday's briefing before taking questions from reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 15, 2013 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  From left: Senior White House Advisors Valerie Jarret, and David Plouffe, White House Deptuy Chief of Staff Nancy Ann DeParle, and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney walk across the South Lawn upon the return to the White House on Augu. 29, 2012 in Washington. Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House on Sept. 10, 2012 in Washington. Brendan Smialowki—AFP/Getty Images  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, center, senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, left, and speechwriter Kyle O'Connor wait outside as President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meet with families of firefighters killed in the West Texas, fertilizer plant explosion after a memorial at Baylor University in Waco,Texas on April 25, 2013. Charles Dharapak—AP  In this image released by the White House, Vice President Joe Biden works with Communications Director Jay Carney on Air Force Two en route to Atherton, Calif., July 8, 2010. David Lienemann—AP  White House press secretary Jay Carney begins the daily briefing tipping his Boston Red Sox baseball cap at the White House on April 1, 2014 in Washington. Susan Walsh—AP  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks about the government shutdown on the morning television news shows at the White House on Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. Charles Dharapak—AP  United States President Barack Obama and Press Secretary Jay Carney walk back to the White House from nearby Taylor Gourmet Deli on Pennsylvania Avenue after picking up lunch on Oct. 4, 2013 in Washington. Pete Marovich—DPA/AP  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney walks into the White House on the second day of the government shutdown, Oct.2, 2013 in Washington. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  White House press secretary Jay Carney looks down as he speaks to reporters about the so-called "sequester" at the White House in Washington Feb.28, 2013. Kevin Lamarque—Reuters  President Barack Obama gives White House press secretary Jay Carney a hug after announcing that Carney will step down later next month, during a surprise visit to the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on May 30, 2014 in Washington. Susan Walsh—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2801042/jay-carney-barack-obama-press-secretary-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2801042/jay-carney-barack-obama-press-secretary-photos/"},"headline":"Jay Carney's Very Public Life, So Far","datePublished":"2014-05-30T20:31:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:39:04.142Z","description":"Barack Obama announced Friday that his press secretary is leaving his post. 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