Jay Carney (born May 22, 1965) is an American public relations officer, political advisor, and journalist who served as the United States' White House Press Secretary from 2011 to 2014, and Amazon's Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs from 2015 to 2022.

As President Barack Obama's chief spokesman for over three years, he remains the longest serving White House Press Secretary of the 21st century.

As a Washington-based reporter, Carney appeared frequently on various political talk shows, including This Week with George Stephanopoulos for ABC News.

A Russian speaker, he worked as a correspondent in Time's Moscow bureau for three years, from 1990 to 1993, covering the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[4] On December 15, 2008, Carney left the private sector to take a position as director of communications to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.

[7] He was named the successor to previous press secretary Robert Gibbs by White House chief of staff, William M.

[9] Carney served as press secretary during a series of key moments in the Obama presidency, including: the so-called "Birther movement" publicized by Donald Trump and Fox News; the killing of Osama bin Laden in a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan by U.S. special operations; Obama's announcement of his support for same-sex marriage; Obama's election to a second term; the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut; the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act, which addressed sequestration and the fiscal cliff, and raised rates on high earners while extending the Bush tax cuts for most Americans; the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare; the government shutdown of October 2013; the shooting of Trayvon Martin; and the imposition of sanctions against Russia for its invasion and annexation of Crimea.

[10] Following his stint as press secretary, Carney worked as a CNN senior political analyst, from September 2014 to February 2015.