In the four years after Day 8, James Heller was elected President of the United States, aided by his daughter Audrey, who had finally recovered from her mental breakdown. Though grateful she was alive, Heller held Jack Bauer responsible for what had happened to her and forbade him from seeing her ever again. Some two years later during Day 6, Audrey - believed dead after going to China in search of Jack Bauer - was returned, nearly catatonic from the torture her captors had inflicted on her. During Day 5, Heller became aware of criminal wrongdoings by President Logan and attempted to force his resignation, only to be dismissed himself and nearly killed when he refused to be held hostage by Christopher Henderson.
During Day 4, Heller and his daughter Audrey were kidnapped by Habib Marwan's terrorist organization as the first in a series of devastating attacks, but both were rescued before he could be executed for crimes against humanity. Heller's tenure under President Keeler and later Charles Logan was a tumultuous one. His son, Richard, was an activist who frequently participated in anti-government and anti-corporate protests, much to Heller's chagrin. A widower, Heller was the father of his former senior policy analyst, Audrey Raines. James "Jim" Heller, a decorated American serviceman and congressman, was the President of the United States, and was formerly the Secretary of Defense under President John Keeler, and retained the position when Charles Logan became President under the 25th Amendment. "I admired you, I looked up to you like a father, you were the kind of man I wanted to be." - Jack Bauer to James Heller, " Day 6: 5:00am-6:00am" President & CEO, Anderson Aerospace Corporation