REUTERS/Leah Millis Hope Hicks, 31, was one of President Donald Trump's most trusted advisers. Hicks had been with the Trump campaign — to use his words — "from the beginning." She left her job as White House communications director in February 2018 and joined Fox as a spokeswoman. She's returning to the White House as a counselor to the president, reporting to Jared Kushner. Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories. Hope Hicks was the youngest White House communications director in history.