--- 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: 2026-02-22T15:01:29.630Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: George W. Bush og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George W. Bush Will Hit the Campaign Trail for Jeb twitter:description: "I'm a Bush and proud of it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78f9b0987bf55fa4/69887d610a4a2244e29c8585/george-w-bush1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George W. Bush Will Hit the Campaign Trail for Jeb by [Jordan Frasier / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Jordan Frasier / NBC News Feb 11, 2016 11:40 PM CUT  George W. Bush in New Orleans, on Aug. 28, 2015. George W. Bush in New Orleans, on Aug. 28, 2015.Gerald Herbert—AP by [Jordan Frasier / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Jordan Frasier / NBC News Feb 11, 2016 11:40 PM CUT Former President George W. Bush will make his first public appearance on behalf of his brother’s presidential campaign on Monday in South Carolina. “I’m a Bush and proud of it,” Jeb Bush has taken to saying during speeches. 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 "undefined") ```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. Bush Will Hit the Campaign Trail for Jeb","datePublished":"2016-02-11T23:40:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:01:29.630Z","description":"\"I'm a Bush and proud of it\"","url":"https://time.com/4218703/george-w-bush-jeb-campaign/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78f9b0987bf55fa4/69887d610a4a2244e29c8585/george-w-bush1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jordan Frasier / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78f9b0987bf55fa4/69887d610a4a2244e29c8585/george-w-bush1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"George W. Bush","caption":"George W. Bush","creditText":"Gerald Herbert—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4218703/george-w-bush-jeb-campaign/","name":"George W. Bush Will Hit the Campaign Trail for Jeb"}}]}] ```