June 15 (UPI) -- Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, once under consideration as President Joe Biden's running mate, was named White House senior adviser for public engagement on Wednesday.
Bottoms did not seek reelection for office last year after rising to national prominence in Atlanta, where she was hailed by progressives and derided by conservatives for her work on police brutality and protests, the COVID-19 pandemic and reopening decades-old Atlanta child murder cases.