Biden Picks Janet Yellen To Be Treasury Secretary In Historic Appointment

Then-Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a briefing in 2017. President-elect Joe Biden reportedly will nominate Yellen as his Treasury secretary.

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Updated at 6:15 p.m. ET

The United States has had 77 Treasury Secretaries in the last 231 years. So far, they’ve all been men.

That’s about to change.