Ex-White House chief of staff Ron Klain said he flew home to Indiana and back every Sunday for months to be with his ill mother

• Ex-White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain worked six days a week at the White House, he told the New Yorker.
• During the past couple of months, Sundays were reserved for visiting his ailing mom.
• She lives in Indiana.

During the past two months, Ron Klain left his work as White House chief of staff in Washington, DC, one day each week to be with his ailing mother, who lives in Indiana.

Klain, 61, mentioned this logistical feat and example of devotion as an aside during an interview with Evan Osnos for the New Yorker, while explaining why he decided to leave the Biden White House after two years.