John Lamparski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Had George W. Bush taken his twin daughters’ advice, it’s possible he may never have been president.
“When we were 18 and our dad sat us down to tell us he was running for president … we both tried to veto that idea,” Jenna Bush Hager said Friday in New York City during a Facebook Live Q&A session at BookExpo 2017, where she and her sister, Barbara Bush, promoted their upcoming book, “Sisters First: Stories From Our Wild and Wonderful Life.”
“I think, like normal 18-year-olds, we really wanted to enjoy college and grow and make mistakes, which we did,” Jenna said. “But, I think, pretty fast, pretty soon into his tenure, we realized how awesome it is to live history and how lucky we really were — and are.”
Barbara chimed in, saying, “And through him we got to travel around the world with our mom and our dad, so we got incredible exposure and got to meet unbelievable people. And that, of course, outweighed any reservations that we had.”
If you're at the #BookExpo in NYC–come see my sissy and me at 11am at Hacette booth 2502! Xx pic.twitter.com/m6qLho68VU
— Jenna Bush Hager (@JennaBushHager) June 2, 2017
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