Top Aides Shielded Biden from Staff

Axios: “Biden’s behavior stunned many in the White House in part because Biden’s closest aides — often led by Jill Biden’s top aide, Anthony Bernal, and deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini — took steps early in his term to essentially rope off the president.”

“Even the White House’s residence staff, which serves the first family in the mansion’s living quarters, has been kept at arm’s length.”