For No. 2 Air Force post, Biden picks Gina Ortiz Jones, gay Iraq vet who nearly won W. Texas congressional seat Harris County sheriff tapped to run Immigration and Customs Enforcement Gina Ortiz Jones, then the Democratic nominee in Texas' 23d Congressional District, campaigns at El Charro Restaurant in Hondo, Texas, on Aug. 1, 2018.(JERRY LARA / San Antonio Express-News) Updated at 2:20 p.m. with White House announcing the nomination. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has picked Gina Ortiz Jones, an Air Force veteran who ran two close congressional races in West Texas, for the No. 2 post at the branch she served during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era, when gay and lesbian personnel like her were tolerated but risked discharge if they came out.