Chris Whipple, an author, documentary filmmaker, and speaker, has been called “an indispensable observer of American power.” A former producer for CBS News 60 Minutes, he is the author of the headline-making book, The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House, published January 17, 2023. Whipple is also the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, and The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future. Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent of The New York Times, calls him “a premier journalist and historian of the White House as well as the intelligence community.” Whipple has written for Vanity Fair, Politico, the Daily Beast, and many other publications. He has spoken at the Harvard Kennedy School and Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.

The Fight of His Life is an in-depth, insider’s look at how President Joe Biden and his seasoned team have battled to achieve their agenda—based on the author’s extraordinary access to the White House during more than a year of domestic and foreign crises.

In January of 2021, the Biden administration inherited a country in chaos. Biden’s team was forced to deal with multiple crises simultaneously—including a lethal pandemic, a plummeting economy, racial injustice, global warming, a far-flung military quagmire, partisan warfare, and a violent right-wing insurrection. All this and an unprovoked invasion by Vladimir Putin of a democracy in the heart of Europe–a crisis that threatened to embroil NATO and the United States itself.

The Fight of His Life takes readers inside the Oval Office as the critical decisions of Biden’s presidency are being made. With unprecedented deep access to nearly all of Biden’s inner circle—including Chief of Staff Ron Klain and other senior officials—Whipple pulls back the curtain on the internal power struggles and back-room compromises. Featuring newsmaking revelations such as which renegade Trump staffers helped facilitate the transition of power, who makes the White House run (it’s probably not who you think), what Bill Clinton and Barack Obama advised Joe Biden to do about Vladimir Putin, and which high-ranking official was blamed for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, The Fight of His Life delivers a surprising portrait of politics on the edge.

It also sheds light on the decision-making processes of the administration’s biggest players, including Vice President Kamala Harris; advisers Ron Klain, Steve Ricchetti and Mike Donilon; National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan; Secretary of State Anthony Blinken; CIA Director Bill Burns; Climate Envoy John Kerry—and of course, President Biden himself.

A vivid, fly-on-the-wall account of one of America’s most consequential presidencies, The Fight of His Life showcases the insightful analysis and interpretation that is Chris Whipple’s signature. Joe Biden has faced and overcome colossal challenges throughout his lifetime, and The Fight of His Life is the definitive work on his most immense challenge yet.