Biden fires Trump-appointed head of Social Security agency Darlene Superville Updated: Tags: Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, the Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Andrew Saul to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden fired Social Security Administration Commissioner Saul after Saul refused to resign, and accepted the deputy commissioner's resignation, the White House said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Friday fired the commissioner of Social Security after the official refused to resign, and Biden accepted the deputy commissioner's resignation, the White House said.