Calling ASP.net core web api end point that receive composed object from body

I have the following end point on my asp.net web api that i use to post new users and receive user object from body.

// POST: api/Users
    [HttpPost]
    public async Task<IActionResult> PostUser([FromBody] User user)
    {
        if (!ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            return BadRequest(ModelState);
        }

        user.DateCreated = DateTime.Now;
        //user.LastLogin = DateTime.Now;
        var hashedPassword = BCrypt.Net.BCrypt.HashPassword(user.Password);
        user.Password = hashedPassword;
        _context.User.Add(user);
        try
        {
            await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
        }
        catch (DbUpdateException ex)
        {
            if (UserExists(user.Id))
            {
                return new StatusCodeResult(StatusCodes.Status409Conflict);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
        }

        return CreatedAtAction("GetUser", new { id = user.Id }, user);
    }

One property of user is a Role object defined by the following class:

public class Role
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
    public DateTime DateCreated { get; set; }
    public DateTime? LastUpdate { get; set; }
}

The question is: How to I create a new user using the post endpoint? How to I pass the Role into user object? Note that I am able to create new user passing null on the role property. Now I want to pass an existing role.