CLEVELAND, Ohio – Former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign announced Thursday it would replace Ohio native Greg Schultz as campaign manager.

The Democratic presidential hopeful said in a press release that Jennifer O’Malley Dillon will come on as campaign manager for Schultz, who was born in Parma and raised in North Royalton. Schultz will transition to an organizational and outreach role.

“I am grateful to Greg for his leadership and hard work to help get our campaign where it is today, and I will value his continued input on this campaign,” Biden said in a statement. “I am also thrilled that Jen is bringing her considerable talent and insight to this team. She will be a tremendous asset to a campaign that is only growing and getting stronger as we prepare to take the fight to Donald Trump this fall.”

The shakeup comes just days before Ohio’s March 17 primary, where Biden is the likely favorite.

Schultz has a long history both in Ohio Democratic politics and in Biden’s circle.

After graduating from Ohio State University, Schultz worked on campaigns for the Ohio House Democratic Caucus.

In 2008, he joined then-Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, switching to become then-Sen. Barack Obama’s deputy Ohio political director for the general election. He worked as an executive assistant for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and served as Franklin County Democratic Party chairman before jumping on as Obama’s 2012 Ohio re-election bid.

After 2012, he moved to Washington to work as a senior adviser to Biden and a special assistant to Obama.

O’Malley Dillon joins the Biden team after advising them in the Nevada caucuses. She served as Obama’s battleground states director in 2008 and his first executive director of the Democratic National Committee. In 2012, she was Obama’s deputy campaign manager.

She oversaw former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s short-lived 2020 presidential campaign.

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