US Senator from Illinois in 2005 — and President of the United States in 2008, of course. Michelle and Barack Obama get some help from Oprah Winfrey at a 2007 presidential campaign rally (AP ...

"Oh, my goodness," Ross said. Barack Obama, a Democrat, was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was also the first African American president in the country's history.