Joe Biden and Barack Obama
President Joe Biden greets former President Barack Obama during a 2022 midterm campaign rally in Philadelphia.
  • Some Biden staffers aren't happy that many Obama alums were given higher-level roles over longtime Biden aides, per Axios.
  • "We do have too many Obama people who don't care about Joe Biden," an ex-White House official said.
  • Obama is set to play a major role as a surrogate for Biden's 2024 reelection campaign.

When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, he brought back into the White House a contingent of staffers who had also worked under his onetime boss, former President Barack Obama.