evidence: Before her current job, Jean-Pierre had been principal deputy to Jen Psaki—Biden’s first White House press secretary. The two were so close that Psaki got them matching leather briefing books, which Jean-Pierre christened "Ebony" and "Ivory." Several times, Jean-Pierre filled in for Psaki at the podium or on overseas trips. "I gaggled more than Jen did," Jean-Pierre says, referring to the informal, off-camera briefings the White House often holds on the road. [...] Jean-Pierre did get a lot of criticism, especially in the beginning. There were reportedly complaints from the press corps, who sniped about Jean-Pierre’s recitation of talking points and expressed genuine exasperation about her perceived stonewalling on basic questions. Things became particularly testy in early 2023 when Jean-Pierre was pressed on a cache of classified documents found at Biden’s Delaware home. She seemed to share incomplete information from the podium—so much so that NPR reporter Tamara Keith, who was then president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, questioned Jean-Pierre’s ability to do her job. "Are you upset that you came out to this podium…with incomplete and inaccurate information?" Keith asked. "And are you concerned that it affects your credibility up here?"