Jenna Bush Hager

Jenna Bush Hager is the co-host of “TODAY with Hoda and Jenna,” alongside Hoda Kotb. She joined "TODAY" as a correspondent and contributor in August 2009.

Prior to joining "TODAY," Hager was a reading teacher at a public school in Baltimore. She began her career as an elementary school teacher in Washington D.C. in 2005. She is currently an editor-at-large for Southern Living. 

Hager is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Sisters First” and “The Superpower Sisterhood,” written with her sister Barbara Bush, and the New York Times bestseller “Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope,” which she wrote after interning with UNICEF in Latin America. She also authored “Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss,” a memoir about her late grandfather, Former President George H.W. Bush and co-authored the children’s books “Our Great Big Backyard” and “Read All About It!” with her mother.

In 2019, Hager began “Read with Jenna,” a book club aimed to strengthen communities and ignite conversations over novels. Since its inception, 40 of Hager’s book club picks have become New York Times bestsellers.

As part of her work on TODAY, Hager received a 2022 News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Technical Achievement and a 2012 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Morning Show. In 2011, she was honored as one of Glamour’s Women of the Year alongside her mother and sister.

Hager has conducted a wide range of interviews with notable figures including former first lady Michelle Obama, Bono, Cher, Dolly Parton, Reese Witherspoon, Alan Jackson, Jerry Seinfeld, and fellow first daughters Susan Ford Bales and Ashley Biden.

In 2004, Hager graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English. She lives in New York with her husband, Henry Hager, their two daughters Mila and Poppy, and their son Hal.

Follow Hager on X and Instagram @jennabhager and @readwithjenna.