WSJ's Carol Lee Joins NBC News As National Political Reporter

President Barack Obama talks with Carol Lee of The Wall Street Journal at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in 2016. Lee previously served as president of the WHCA. | AP Photo

Current White House correspondent for The Wall Street Journal Carol Lee is joining NBC News as a national political reporter. Lee will appear across all NBC platforms including MSNBC, begging in July. 

Lee is currently president of the White House Correspondents' Association and a board member since 2010. She joined WSJ in 2011, after covering the White House for Politico, joining with President Obama's presidential transition in Chicago in 2008. Previously, Lee covered politics in Florida for three years.

The frequent cable news commentator is a graduate of New York University's school of journalism and lives in Washington DC with her son, Hudson.