Biden To Pick Republican McCain’s Widow As UN Agency Envoy

United States President, Joe Biden has hinted that he will nominate Cindy McCain, widow of Republican senator John McCain, as UN agency envoy.

Gatekeepers News reports that Biden on Wednesday said Cindy will be nominated as the U.S Ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, headquartered in Rome.

In September 2020, Cindy declared her support for the White House Democratic candidate, marking a break with incumbent Republican President Donald Trump, who was campaigning against Biden for re-election.

“My husband John lived by a code: country first. We are Republicans, yes, but Americans foremost. There’s only one candidate in this race who stands up for our values as a nation, and that is @JoeBiden,” she wrote at the time on Twitter.

Trump had fired back via his Twitter account, saying: “I hardly know Cindy McCain other than having put her on a Committee at her husband’s request. Joe Biden was John McCain’s lapdog. So many BAD decisions on Endless Wars & the V.A., which I brought from a horror show to HIGH APPROVAL. Never a fan of John. Cindy can have Sleepy Joe!”

Gatekeepers News reports that Cindy is the chair and director of the Hensley Beverage Company, a Phoenix-based distributor of beer, wine, spirits and nonalcoholic drinks, and is active in several philanthropic organisations.

“I am deeply honoured and look forward to the work ahead,” Cindy wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, her nomination is subjected to Senate approval.

Cindy’s late husband served in the Senate until he died in 2018. He ran as the Republican candidate for President against Barack Obama in 2008.