
On April 29, 2001, Jenna was charged with a misdemeanor for possession of alcohol under the age of 21 in Austin. While there, Jenna and her sister, Barbara, made national headlines when they were both arrested for alcohol-related charges, twice, within five weeks. She was a legacy member of Kappa Alpha Theta, her mother's sorority. With her father becoming President in 2001, she attended the University of Texas at Austin and took summer classes at New York University. Andrew's Episcopal School and attended Austin High School, from 1996 until her graduation, in 2000. In 1994, after her father was elected Governor of Texas and the family moved to Austin, Texas, Bush was a student at St.

While living in Dallas, she and her sister, Barbara, attended Preston Hollow Elementary School and then The Hockaday School. Hager was born on 25 November 1981 at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and she was named after her maternal grandmother, Jenna Hawkins Welch. Those unable to attend the sisters’ book signing still have the opportunity to purchase a signed copy of the book at any Barbara’s.Jenna (left) and Barbara Bush with their parents in 1990 She is the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life with her twin sister, and the picture book Sisters Firstis her debut work for children. Barbara is currently pursuing her Masters at Harvard University. Jenna lives in New York.īarbara Pierce Bush is the board chair and co-founder of Global Health Corps, an organization that has mobilized more than one thousand young leaders who take an innovative approach to solving some of the world’s biggest global health challenges. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope, and she co-authored the #1 New York Times bestseller Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life with her twin sister, as well as the children’s books Our Great Big Backyard and Read All About It! with her mother, former First Lady Laura Bush.

Jenna Bush Hager is a co-host of NBC’s Today Show and an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine.

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Pub Date: 11/2019
