 Tom Vilsack was a governor. Then he served as Obama and Biden's Secretary of Agriculture. He was a friend of Joe Biden's, and Joe Biden recommended him for Obama's Secretary of Agriculture, by the way. Giamondo was governor of Rhode Island. Becerra was in California state politics, including attorney general. Pete Buttigieg was, well, in diapers during the Obama administration, and then a mayor in Indiana. Jennifer Granholm was a governor.