Jenna Bush Hager
{{short description|American journalist, author, and television personality}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jenna Bush Hager
| image = Jenna Bush Hager 2017 2.jpg
| caption = Hager in 2017
| birth_name = Jenna Welch Bush
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|11|25}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Author|television presenter}}
| years_active = 2000–present
| alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin (BA)
| television = Today correspondent (2009–present)
Today with Hoda & Jenna co-anchor (2019–2025)
Today with Jenna & Friends (2025-present)
| spouse = {{marriage|Henry Hager|May 10, 2008}}
| children = 3
| party = Independent
| parents = {{plain list|
}}
| family = Bush family
}}
Jenna Welch Bush Hager (née Bush; born November 25, 1981){{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/jenna-bush-244190|title=Jenna Bush Biography: Writer (1981–)|publisher=Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks)|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170109164332/http://www.biography.com/people/jenna-bush-244190|url-status=dead}} is an American news personality, author, and journalist. She is the host of Today with Jenna & Friends, the fourth hour of NBC's morning news program, Today. Hager and her fraternal twin sister, Barbara, are the daughters of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush. Hager is also a granddaughter of the 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, great-granddaughter of former U.S. Senator Prescott Bush, niece of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and first cousin of former Land Commissioner of Texas George P. Bush.
After her father's presidency ended, Hager became an author, an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine, and a television personality on NBC, being featured, most prominently, as a member of The Today Show as a correspondent, contributor and co-host.{{cite news|url=http://m.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/aug/30/bc-us-tv-today-bush1st-ld-writethru/|title=Former first daughter Jenna Bush joins 'Today'|author=Bauder, David|date=August 30, 2009|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Victoria Advocate What|access-date=December 15, 2012|archive-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224121653/http://m.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/aug/30/bc-us-tv-today-bush1st-ld-writethru/|url-status=dead}}
Early life and education
Jenna Welch Bush was born on November 25, 1981, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She was named after her maternal grandmother, Jenna Hawkins Welch.{{cite news|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/Jenna-Barbara-to-be-seen-and-heard-1152818.php|title=Jenna, Barbara to be seen and heard|author=Wehrman, Jessica|date=August 30, 2004|work=Scripps Howard News Service|access-date=May 6, 2019}} While living in Dallas, Jenna and her sister Barbara attended first Preston Hollow Elementary School and then The Hockaday School. In 1994, after her father was elected Governor of Texas and the family moved to Austin, Texas, Bush was a student at St. Andrew's Episcopal School and attended Austin High School from 1996 until her graduation in 2000. She was a Senate page.{{Better source needed|date=November 2024}}{{cite news|date=August 3, 2003|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/education/blackboard-school-choice-where-they-send-their-own.html |title=Blackboard: School Choice; Where They Send Their Own|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=May 6, 2019|author=Schumer, Fran}}
As her father became President in 2001, she attended the University of Texas at Austin and took summer classes at New York University. She was a legacy member of Kappa Alpha Theta, her mother's sorority. While there, Jenna and her sister Barbara made national headlines when they were both arrested for alcohol-related charges, twice within five weeks. On April 29, 2001, Jenna was charged with a misdemeanor for possession of alcohol under the age of 21 in Austin. On May 29, 2001, Jenna was charged with another misdemeanor — attempting to use a fake ID (with the name "Barbara Pierce," her paternal grandmother's maiden name) to purchase alcohol. She pleaded no contest to both charges.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2001-05-31-bushdaughters.htm|title=Bush daughters in Texas|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 31, 2001|access-date=May 6, 2019}}{{cite news|title=Sentence for Bush daughter|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1379000.stm|date=June 8, 2001|access-date=May 6, 2019}}{{cite web|date=May 31, 2001|access-date=May 6, 2019|url=https://www.salon.com/abtest2/2001/05/31/twins_2/|title=The first family's alcohol troubles|author=Walsh, Joan|work=Salon|location=San Francisco}}{{cite web|year=2001|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/jenna-bush-didnt-learn-her-lesson|title=Jenna Bush: Didn't Learn Her Lesson?|work=The Smoking Gun|publisher=Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network|access-date=May 6, 2019}} Jenna Bush graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English, in 2004.{{clear left}}
2004 U.S. presidential election
File:President George W. Bush takes the Oath of Office.jpg on Inauguration Day on January 20, 2005.]]
Jenna and Barbara asked their father not to run for President of the United States in 2000: "Oh, I just wish you wouldn't run. It's going to change our life." Her father told them that he and her mother needed to live their lives.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2004/11/14/all-in-the-family.html|title=All In The Family|date=November 15, 2004|work=Newsweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004164151/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2004/11/14/all-in-the-family.html|archive-date=October 4, 2012|access-date=August 30, 2009|url-status=dead}} In the winter of 2003, she and Barbara opted to become involved in the 2004 campaign. In response to this decision, she made media appearances during the summer of 2004, prior to the election. She and her sister made several joint public appearances, including giving a speech to the Republican Convention on August 31, 2004.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51005-2004Aug31.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Remarks by Barbara Bush & Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention|date=August 31, 2004|access-date=May 6, 2019}} She made headlines when she was found sticking her tongue out to media photographers at a campaign stop in St. Louis.{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=190b8ccd-f1b1-4685-ae9a-2965c184eee5&k=72717|title=Hard-partying presidential daughter Jenna on the bridal path|publisher=Canada.com|access-date=August 18, 2007|date=August 16, 2007|author=Alberts, Sheldon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105184308/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=190b8ccd-f1b1-4685-ae9a-2965c184eee5&k=72717|archive-date=November 5, 2012|url-status=dead}} Jenna and Barbara took turns traveling to swing states with their father, and they also gave a seven page interview and photo shoot in Vogue. Jenna later confirmed that Barbara and Jenna also developed a friendship with John Kerry's daughters, Alexandra and Vanessa, who campaigned on behalf of their father.[https://www.today.com/video/jenna-describes-friendship-with-john-kerry-s-daughters-during-2004-campaign-95378501690 "Jenna describes friendship with John Kerry's daughters during 2004 campaign"], today.com, 5 Nov 2020, accessed 11 October 2021
Career
=Teaching=
Before leaving Washington, D.C. in summer 2006, Hager worked at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School for a year and a half as a teacher's aide.{{cite news|author=Argetsinger, Amy|author2=Roberts, Roxanne|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20060703/news_lz1n3nowread.html|title=First Twin Jenna Bush may leave D.C. social scene|newspaper=The San Diego Union Tribune|date=July 3, 2006|archive-date=January 15, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115031337/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20060703/news_lz1n3nowread.html}} She took a leave of absence from the charter school position to work at a shelter as part of an internship for UNICEF's Educational Policy Department in Latin America, specifically Panama.{{cite news|author=Brunskill, Mary K.|url=http://www.feedsyndicate.com/articles/7006659152|title=HarperCollins Announces Publication Of Jenna Bush's Book For Teens|date=March 6, 2007|publisher=All Headline News}}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} After her internship for UNICEF, Hager returned to her position at the charter school in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|date=November 2007|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/girl-gone-mild/|author=Hollandsworth, Skip|title=Girl Gone Mild|newspaper=Texas Monthly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906140434/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/girl-gone-mild/|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead}} She has done work as a part-time reading coordinator at the SEED Public Charter School in Baltimore, Maryland, and she has contributed a monthly news story about education for the Today show.{{cite news|date=August 30, 2009|access-date=May 6, 2019|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/arts/television/31arts-FAMILIARFACE_BRF.html|title=Familiar Face on 'Today'|author=Harris, Rachel Lee|work=The New York Times}}
File:Mrs. Laura Bush and daughters pose for a photo with Sesame Street character Elmo.jpg, at the Sesame Workshop Fifth Annual Benefit Dinner (2007)]]
=Writing=
In 2007, Hager began marketing a book proposal with the assistance of Robert B. Barnett, a Washington attorney. The title of the book is Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope, and it chronicles her experiences working with UNICEF sponsored charities in Latin America, including visits to drought-stricken Paraguay in 2006, while working as an intern for United Nations Children's Fund.{{cite news|author=Getlin, Josh|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-07-et-quick7.2-story.html|title=Jenna Bush to pen book on single mother with HIV|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 6, 2007|access-date=May 6, 2019}}{{cite news|author=Maul, Kimberly|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/first-daughter-jenna-bush-promotes-new-book|title=First Daughter Jenna Bush Promotes New Book|publisher=Fox News Channel|agency=Associated Press|date=September 30, 2007|access-date=May 6, 2019}}{{cite news|author=Johnson, M.L.|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/11/entertainment/e125823D33.DTL|title=Jenna Bush Does Well With Kid Book|agency=Associated Press|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=September 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226124911/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F09%2F11%2Fentertainment%2Fe125823D33.DTL|archive-date=December 26, 2008|url-status=dead}} HarperCollins announced in March 2007 it would publish the book, and it was released September 28, 2007, with an initial printing of 500,000 copies.{{cite news|author=Minzesheimer, Bob|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-03-05-jenna-bush_N.htm/|title=Jenna Bush embarks on book 'Journey'|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 6, 2007|access-date=May 6, 2019}} Her share of the profits will go to UNICEF, while the remainder will go to the woman whose life is the basis of the book, assisting in the young woman's continuing education.{{cite news |author=Thompson, Bob|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/09/30/jenna_bush_talks_about_book_rumors |title=Jenna Bush talks about book, rumors Interview covers war, wedding|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 30, 2007}} During the book tour, Hager appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. During the interview, Hager telephoned her parents.{{cite news|title=Ellen has guest Jenna Bush call dad|url=https://www.upi.com/Ellen-has-guest-Jenna-Bush-call-dad/62711196878674/|date=December 5, 2007|access-date=May 6, 2019|work=United Press International}} Hager wrote a second book, in conjunction with her mother, designed to encourage children to read. The book, entitled Read All About It!, was published on April 22, 2008, also by HarperCollins.{{cite news|author=Celizic, Mike|url=https://www.today.com/news/jenna-bush-dishes-her-may-10-wedding-1C9015236|title=Jenna Bush dishes on her May 10 wedding--She tells Vogue magazine about her gown, the location|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 15, 2008|access-date=May 6, 2019}}
On November 26, 2012, Hager was named editor-at-large of Southern Living magazine.{{cite news|author=Puente, Maria|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2012/11/26/jenna-bush-hager-gets-southern-living-job/1727887/|title=Jenna Bush Hager gets 'Southern Living' job|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 26, 2012|access-date=May 6, 2019}}
=NBC News (2009–present)=
Since 2009, Jenna Bush has worked at NBC News as a correspondent and at Today as both a contributor and an anchor. In August 2009, NBC hired Hager as a correspondent and contributor for The Today Show.
File:The Funeral of President George H.W. Bush (31265100837).jpg's funeral service (2018)]]
As time progressed, Hager's profile increased on Today, including filling in as the orange room anchor during the 7AM-9AM hours and substituting for Kathie Lee Gifford or Hoda Kotb during the fourth hour.{{cite news|author=Vulpo, Mike|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1025428/how-jenna-bush-hager-became-kathie-lee-gifford-s-perfect-today-replacement|title=How Jenna Bush Hager Became Kathie Lee Gifford's Perfect Today Replacement|publisher=E! online|date=April 8, 2019|access-date=May 6, 2019}}
In 2018, she interviewed Michelle Obama in a discussion about her life in the White House, the challenges of raising her daughters in the spotlight, and her book, Becoming.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLL-jM30QA|title= Michelle Obama Opens Up To Jenna Bush Hager About Her New Book - Full Interview - TODAY|website= Youtube|date= November 14, 2018|access-date= January 23, 2021}} They also discussed the political atmosphere and political bipartisanship, with Obama stating that, despite their political differences, Hager's father, George W. Bush, is a "beautiful, funny, kind, sweet man".{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a25090365/jenna-bush-hager-michelle-obama-george-w-bush-interview/|title= Jenna Bush Hager Talks to Michelle Obama About Her Friendship With George W. Bush|website= Town and Country|date= November 14, 2018|access-date= January 23, 2021}}
In March 2019, Hager started Read with Jenna, a monthly book club on Today Show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/read-with-jenna|title = Read with Jenna}} In April 2019, Hager began co-anchoring the fourth hour of Today with Hoda Kotb following Kathie Lee Gifford's departure.{{cite magazine|author=Triggs, Charlotte|author2=Murphy, Helen|url=https://people.com/parents/jenna-bush-hager-talks-pregnancy-new-today-job-exclusive/|title=Jenna Bush Hager Gets Real About Being Pregnant in a New Job: 'Is the Timing Ideal? Not Really'|magazine=People|date=May 2, 2019}}
In 2019, Hager was able to participate with Willie Geist in a special episode of How Low Will You Go, which aired on the Today Show.{{Cite web |title=More cast changes reportedly coming to 'SNL' |url=https://www.today.com/video/more-cast-changes-reportedly-coming-to-snl-147660869715 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}
In 2021, Hager reacted emotionally to the storming of the United States Capitol, stating live on air: {{cquote|I have had the privilege of standing on those steps for several inaugurations, not just for family members but for the first black president of the United States of America. I kissed my grandfather goodbye in that rotunda. I have felt the majesty of our country in those walls, and nobody can take that from any of us.{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/jenna-bush-hager-reacts-riots-capitol-hill-t205258|title= Jenna Bush Hager reacts to Capitol riots: 'I kissed my grandfather goodbye in that rotunda'|website= NBC News|date= January 7, 2021|access-date= January 23, 2021}}}}
In February 2022, Hager signed a first-look deal with Universal Studio Group.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jenna-bush-hager-book-club-production-deal-universal-studio-1235180829/|title= Jenna Bush Hager Adds Page to Book Club With Universal Studio Production Deal|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=February 14, 2022|work=Variety|access-date=February 14, 2022}}
On a November 2022 episode of Today with Hoda and Jenna, Hager confessed that she "never wears underwear".{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Dave |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Jenna Bush Hager Admits She Never Wears Underwear: 'I'm Sure My Mom Has Never Been More Proud' |url=https://people.com/style/jenna-bush-hager-admits-she-never-wears-underwear/ |website=People}}{{Cite web |last=Hampson |first=Laura |date=17 November 2022 |title=Jenna Bush Hager shocks fans with underwear habit |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jenna-bush-hager-underwear-commando-b2226959.html |website=The Independent}}{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2022 |title=Hoda Kotb Thinks It's 'Gross' to Skip Underwear — Here's What An Ob-Gyn Says |url=https://www.shape.com/hoda-kotb-skip-underwear-6889070}} Later that month, she appeared on Watch What Happens Live and told host Andy Cohen that she did not wear underwear during a dinner she had with King Charles, then Prince Charles, the night before Queen Elizabeth II died.{{Cite web |last=Hampson |first=Laura |date=1 December 2022 |title=Jenna Bush Hager admits she did not wear underwear during formal dinner with King Charles |url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/jenna-bush-hager-underwear-king-charles-144946443.html |website=Yahoo! News}}
In February 2023, she announced her third book, Love Comes First, and sources reported "Jenna's Top Picks"{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Aaron |date=2023-02-14 |title=NBC Staffers Upset With Jenna Bush Hager After Being Informed Of Host's Side Stream Of Income: 'It Tarnishes The News Division's Credibility' |url=https://radaronline.com/p/nbc-staffers-upset-jenna-bush-hager-selling-luxury-bedding/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=RadarOnline |language=en-US}} and other endorsement deals.
= Sports investment =
In February 2021, The Washington Post reported that Chelsea Clinton, Hager, Dominique Dawes, and Briana Scurry were part of an investment group, investing in the Washington Spirit professional soccer club in the National Women's Soccer League.{{cite web|last=Polacek|first=Scott|title=Report: Chelsea Clinton, Jenna Bush Hager Among New Investors in NWSL's Spirit|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2932197-report-chelsea-clinton-jenna-bush-hager-among-new-investors-in-nwsls-spirit|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=Bleacher Report|language=en|archive-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217064012/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2932197-report-chelsea-clinton-jenna-bush-hager-among-new-investors-in-nwsls-spirit|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Goff|first=Steven|title=Chelsea Clinton, Jenna Bush Hager among several new Washington Spirit investors|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/02/16/washington-spirit-chelsea-clinton-jenna-bush/|access-date=February 17, 2021|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609234802/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/02/16/washington-spirit-chelsea-clinton-jenna-bush/|url-status=live}}
= Book Club Picks =
In March 2019 on the Today Show, Hager introduced her book club Read with Jenna.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-10 |title=Jenna Bush Hager's new book club announces first pick |url=https://www.today.com/shop/join-jenna-bush-hager-s-new-today-show-book-club-t149777 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}
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!Featured Month{{Cite web |title=Read With Jenna |url=https://www.today.com/read-with-jenna |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}} !Book Title !Author |
| February 2025
|This is a Love Story |
| January 2025
|The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus |
| December 2024
|Devotions |
| November 2024
|This Motherless Land |
| October 2024
|The Mighty Red |
| September 2024
|Blue Sisters |
| August 2024
|The Wedding People |
| July 2024
|All the Colors of the Dark |
| June 2024
|Swift River |
| May 2024 |
| April 2024
|Husbands |
| March 2024 |
| March 2024
|The Great Divide |
| February 2024 |
| January 2024
|The Waters |
| December 2023
|We Must Not Think of Ourselves |
| November 2023
|The Sun Sets in Singapore |
| October 2023
|How to Say Babylon |
| September 2023
|Amazing Grace Adams |
| August 2023
|Summer Sisters |
| July 2023
|Banyan Moon |
| June 2023
|The Celebrants |
| May 2023 |
| April 2023
|Camp Zero |
| March 2023
|Black Candle Women |
| February 2023 |
| January 2023
|Sam |
| December 2022 |
| November 2022
|The Cloisters |
| October 2022
|The Whalebone Theatre |
| September 2022 |
| August 2022
|The Many Daughters of Afong |
| July 2022
|The Measure |
| June 2022
|These Impossible Things |
| May 2022 |
| April 2022
|Memphis |
| March 2022
|Groundskeeping |
| February 2022
|Black Cake |
| January 2022 |
| December 2021 |
| November 2021
|The Family |
| October 2021 |
| September 2021 |
| August 2021 |
| July 2021 |
| June 2021 |
| May 2021 |
| April 2021
|Good Company |
| March 2021
|What's Mine and Yours |
| February 2021
|Send for Me |
| February 2021
|The Four Winds |
| January 2021
|Black Buck |
| December 2020 |
| November 2020
|White Ivy |
| October 2020 |
| September 2020 |
| August 2020
|Here For It |
| August 2020
|The Comeback |
| July 2020
|Friends and Strangers |
| June 2020 |
| May 2020
|All Adults Here |
| April 2020
|Valentine |
| March 2020 |
| February 2020 |
| January 2020 |
| December 2019
|Late Migrations |
| November 2019
|Nothing to See Here |
| October 2019 |
| September 2019
|The Dearly Beloved |
| August 2019
|Patsy |
| July 2019
|Evvie Drake Starts Over |
| June 2019
|Searching for Sylvie Lee |
| May 2019
|A Woman Is No Man |
| April 2019
|The Unwinding of the Miracle |
| March 2019
|The Last Romantics |
In 2022, Hager expanded her book list to children's reading, called Read with Jenna Jr.{{Cite web |title=Read With Jenna Jr. |url=https://www.today.com/read-with-jenna-jr |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}
In September 2023, Hager introduced the podcast she hosts, "Open Book with Jenna," wherein she interviews authors.{{Cite web |title=Open Book with Jenna |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-book-with-jenna/id1707218732 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-US}}
Personal life
File:Hager with Bushes.jpg (left), Laura Bush, newlyweds Henry and Jenna Hager, and George W. Bush shortly after the wedding ceremony on May 10, 2008, at the Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas]]
Bush met Henry Chase Hager during the 2004 presidential campaign. They became engaged in August 2007. Before proposing, Hager asked President Bush for permission to marry his daughter.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/16/AR2007081602884.html|title=Jenna and Henry: Now They're Really, Really Official|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 6, 2019|date=August 17, 2007|author=Argetsinger, Amy|author2=Roberts, Roxanne}} Their relationship became public when the two appeared together at a White House dinner for The Prince of Wales and his new wife The Duchess of Cornwall (now King Charles III and Queen Camilla) in November 2005. Henry Hager attended St. Christopher's School, in Richmond, Virginia, and he holds an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. He worked as a U.S. Department of Commerce aide, for Carlos Gutierrez, and as a White House aide, for Karl Rove.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jenna-bush-ties-the-knot-at-daddys-ranch/|title=Jenna Bush Ties The Knot At Daddy's Ranch|agency=CBS News|access-date=May 6, 2019}} He is the son of former Virginia Republican Party Chairman John H. Hager, who previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and as the U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary, under George W. Bush.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/jenna-bush-engaged-married-article-1.240091|title=Jenna Bush engaged to be married|work=Daily News|location=New York|date=August 16, 2007|access-date=May 6, 2019}} The wedding took place during a private ceremony, on May 10, 2008, at her parents' Prairie Chapel Ranch, near Crawford, Texas. Henry and Jenna Hager have three children.{{cite news|date=April 14, 2013|title=George W. Bush becomes a grandpa|newspaper=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/14/jenna-bush-mila-bush-george-w-bush/2082381/}}{{cite news|date=August 14, 2015|title=Jenna Bush Hager Gives Birth! Today Show Correspondent Welcomes Daughter Poppy Louise Hager|publisher=E! Online|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/684581/jenna-bush-hager-gives-birth-today-show-correspondent-welcomes-daughter-poppy-louise-hager}}{{cite web|date=August 5, 2019|title=Jenna Bush Hager welcomes her 3rd child — and her 1st son!|url=https://www.today.com/parents/jenna-bush-hager-welcomes-her-3rd-child-her-1st-son-t155211|work=Today}}{{Cite web |last=Callahan |first=Chrissy |date=August 8, 2023 |title=Jenna Bush Hager says she'd like to have another baby – but why her husband doesn't |url=https://www.today.com/parents/family/jenna-bush-hager-son-hal-4th-birthday-rcna98805 |website=Today}}
Unlike most of her relatives (but like her twin sister, Barbara), Hager is not a member of the Republican Party. While registering to vote in New York, she mistakenly registered with the Independence Party of New York while meaning to declare herself a nonpartisan.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/jenna-bush-independence-party-error-article-1.1926894|title=Exclusive: Ex-Prez' daughter Jenna Bush Hager mistakenly registered with NY's Independence Party|author=Katz, Celeste|work=New York Daily News|date=September 3, 2014|access-date=May 6, 2019}} In 2010, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush told People that they preferred not to identify with any political party, stating, "We're both very independent thinkers."{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/archive/the-bush-twins-on-their-own-vol-73-no-19/|title=The Bush Twins On Their Own|author=Sobieraj Westfall, Sandra|magazine=People Magazine|volume=73|number=19|date=May 17, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/george-w-bushs-daughters-are-not-republicans-2014-9|title=George W. Bush's Daughters Are Not Republicans|author=Campbell, Colin|work=Business Insider|date=September 4, 2014|access-date=April 2, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/5/bush-daughters-decline-republican-label-were-both-/|title=Bush daughters decline Republican label: 'We're both very independent'|author=Chumley, Cheryl K.|work=The Washington Times|date=September 5, 2014|access-date=May 6, 2019}}
Hager serves on the board of the Greenwich International Film Festival.{{cite news|url=http://patch.com/connecticut/greenwich/greenwich-film-festival-michael-imperioli-deborah-royce|title=Actors Michael Imperioli, Deborah Royce Join Greenwich International Film Festival Board|work=Greenwich Patch|author=Heins, Barabara|date=April 20, 2014|access-date=May 6, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.greenwichsentinel.com/2017/06/09/giff-makes-an-impact-especially-with-women/|author=Moskowitz, Michelle|title=GIFF Makes an Impact, Especially With Women|work=Greenwich Patch|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=May 6, 2019}}
Publications
- {{cite book|title=Ana's Story : A Journey of Hope|first=Jenna|last=Bush|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-137908-6|year=2007}}
- {{cite book|title=Read All About It!|publisher=HarperCollins|first1=Laura |last1=Bush|first2=Jenna|last2=Bush|year=2008|isbn=9780061560774}}
- {{cite book|title=Our Great Big Backyard|first1=Laura|last1=Bush|first2=Jenna|last2=Bush|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2016|isbn=9780062468369}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bush|first1=Barbara Pierce|last2=Bush Hager|first2=Jenna|title=Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life|date=2017|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|location=New York|isbn=9781538711415|oclc=972386724}}
- {{cite book|title=Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss|first=Jenna|last=Bush|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn= 978-0062960627 |year=2020}}
See also
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