Pete Buttigieg, secretary of transportation and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has returned to the public spotlight as a possible running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee.
A candidate for president in 2020, Buttigieg is a Rhodes scholar and the first openly gay man in a presidential Cabinet position. Among the swirling rumors about his role in 2024, Buttigieg has revealed he is open to joining Harris on the Democratic ticket but “is not in that mode right now.”
Age
Buttigieg was born on Jan. 19, 1982. He is 42 years old, making him the youngest member of Biden’s Cabinet and the youngest person to ever serve as transportation secretary.
Hometown
Buttigieg was born in South Bend, Indiana, the fourth largest city in the state. It sits just south of the Michigan border and once boomed in …