President-elect Joe Biden reportedly plans to nominate former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to be his administration’s Treasury secretary, making her the first woman to vie for the role after 231 years of White men holding the post.
The news, which the Wall Street Journal broke on Monday afternoon, comes after the Biden team announced several cabinet nominations, including Avril Haines, the first woman to be selected to be director of national intelligence, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who Biden has chosen to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
