AFP Contributor via Getty Images Nick Ayers, then chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, appears with former national security adviser H.R. The president rejected that deal, saying he wanted a permanent chief of staff as he enters the fray going into the 2020 election season. Nick Ayers , Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff and the top choice to move into the same role for the president, declined the offer and will leave the White House in the next few weeks, according to several media reports. “I appreciate his service very much.”Ayers, a wealthy 36-year-old political consultant from Georgia, enjoyed face time with Trump in his role as chief of staff to Pence. He has also reportedly ingratiated himself with Trump’s eldest children, sharing Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.’s enthusiasm for hunting.

Source: Huffington Post December 09, 2018 22:07 UTC