SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 03: Former Governor of Michigan & CNN Commentator Jennifer Granholm speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center on October 03, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Ph WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation and former Michigan Gov.
Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary, according to four people familiar with the plans.If confirmed by the Senate, Buttigieg would be the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet post.
At 38, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would also add a youthful dynamic to an incoming administration that is so far dominated in large part.