Ducklo previously worked as a staff assistant for
James Carville and
Mary Matalin. In addition, Ducklo was a public relations advisor for
Showtime's 2016 documentary
The Circus. In February 2021,
People reported that Ducklo was in a romantic relationship with
Alexi McCammond, who covered the Biden campaign and administration for
NBC and
MSNBC as a contributor and as a reporter for
Axios in 2019 and 2020. As a result, McCammond was reassigned to covering
Vice President Kamala Harris and
progressive lawmakers in Congress. After the profile was released,
Vanity Fair reported that Ducklo threatened
Politico reporter
Tara Palmeri, telling her he would "destroy her" if she published a story about his relationship with McCammond. He had also reportedly made "derogatory and misogynistic comments" toward Palmeri during a phone call and accused her of being "jealous" of his relationship with McCammond. On February 12, Ducklo was suspended without pay for one week and apologized. He resigned from his White House position the next day. Palmeri later wrote on
Puck that she and Ducklo made amends and she said that, "there are some people who deserve to be canceled, but T.J. Ducklo is not one of them."
Public relations In June 2021, Ducklo joined Risa Heller Communications, a boutique
public relations firm in New York, as a senior vice president. His clients have included
Jeff Zucker and
Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Nashville politics In April 2022, Ducklo became chief communications officer and a senior advisor to
John Cooper, the mayor of
Nashville, Tennessee. Ducklo oversaw "the administration's communications team and advised Cooper on political and strategic decisions,"
The Tennessean reported. In June 2023, Ducklo left the Mayor's office to become a senior advisor on
President Biden's re-election campaign.
2024 presidential campaign Ducklo joined
Biden's 2024 campaign and stayed after it turned into the
Kamala Harris campaign, later leaving for a position as chief strategist at a
PAC called Democracy Defenders. == Personal life ==