--- title: George W. Bush Will Hit the Campaign Trail for Jeb description: Former President George W. Bush will make his first public appearance on behalf of his brother's presidential campaign canonical: https://time.com/4218703/george-w-bush-jeb-campaign/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-11T23:40:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:33.212Z article:section: Politics og:title: George W. Bush Will Hit the Campaign Trail for Jeb og:description: "I'm a Bush and proud of it" og:url: https://time.com/4218703/george-w-bush-jeb-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78f9b0987bf55fa4/69887d610a4a2244e29c8585/george-w-bush1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4914 og:image:height: 2764 og:image:alt: George W. Bush og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George W. 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The appearance comes just a week after the family’s matriarch, former First Lady Barbara Bush, hit the campaign trail in New Hampshire with her son and appeared in two joint national interviews. The campaign confirmed to NBC News that the brothers will appear together in North Charleston, S.C. Monday night. [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/george-w-bush-set-make-campaign-trail-debut-jeb-n516801?cid=par-time%5F20160211) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4218703/george-w-bush-jeb-campaign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4218703/george-w-bush-jeb-campaign/"},"headline":"George W. 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