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Reggie Love, left, Barack Obama's body man from 2009 to 2011, is seen here in a presidential motorcade outside Strasbourg for the NATO Summit, April 2009
A body man or body woman is, in U.S. political jargon, a civilian personal assistant and sometimes valet to a politician or political candidate. Such a person accompanies the politician or candidate virtually everywhere, often arranging lodging, transportation, and meals, and providing snacks, a cell phone, and any other necessary assistance.
List of notable body men and body women[edit]
- Kris Engskov, aide to President Bill Clinton, 1997–2000
- Blake Gottesman, aide to President George W. Bush, 2001–2006
- Jared Weinstein, aide to President George W. Bush, 2006–2009
- Reggie Love, aide to President Barack Obama, 2009–2011
- John McEntee, aide to President Donald Trump, 2017- March 2018
- Jordan Karem, aide to President Donald Trump, March 2018 - January 2019[1]
Fictional[edit]
- Jane Basdin (played by Samantha Mathis), personal aide to President Andrew Shepherd in the 1995 movie, The American President
- Charlie Young (played by Dulé Hill), personal assistant to President Josiah Bartlet for the first six years of the NBC TV series, The West Wing
- Gary Walsh (played by Tony Hale), personal aide to Vice-President Selina Meyer in the HBO TV series Veep
- Blake Moran (played by Erich Bergen), personal aide to Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord in the CBS TV series Madam Secretary
- Marissa Gold (played by Sarah Steele), personal aide to Cook County State's Attorney Alicia Florrick in the CBS TV series The Good Wife
- Dembe Zuma (played by Hisham Tawfiq), personal assistant and bodyguard to FBI Task Force informant Raymond Reddington in the NBC TV series The Blacklist
See also[edit]
- Aide-de-camp, a military assistant to a senior official
References[edit]
- ^ Cook, Nancy (2018-11-26). "Trump's trusted body man to depart White House". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
