First Daughter Jenna Bush Joins Today Show
By:Radar Staff
Aug. 30 2009, Published 7:21 a.m. ET
Jenna Bush Hager is the newest correspondent for Today, The NBC news and chat fest has hired the former First Daughter, who is now a school teacher in Baltimore, to do monthly segments primarily about education.
The 27-year-old daughter of former President George W. and Laura Bush, Jenna and her twin sister Barbara were once better-known for their wild partying.
How times have changed. Jenna is not only a teacher but a respected author. During her two previous guest appearances on Today, she "knocked it out of the park," said the show's executive producer Jim Bell. "I think she can handle" being a correspondent.
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