--- title: Lindsey Graham to Endorse Jeb Bush for President description: Graham is expected to make the announcement Friday canonical: https://time.com/4182236/lindsey-graham-to-endorse-jeb-bush-for-president/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-15T13:17:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T20:24:09.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Lindsey Graham to Endorse Jeb Bush for President og:description: Graham is expected to make the announcement Friday og:url: https://time.com/4182236/lindsey-graham-to-endorse-jeb-bush-for-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8404ff36b1550d5d/69887946cf40a81a6cc417e8/gettyimages-501525564.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GettyImages-501525564 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lindsey Graham to Endorse Jeb Bush for President twitter:description: Graham is expected to make the announcement Friday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8404ff36b1550d5d/69887946cf40a81a6cc417e8/gettyimages-501525564.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lindsey Graham to Endorse Jeb Bush for President  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:24 PM UTCPublished: Jan 15, 2016 1:17 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the CNN republican presidential debate at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 15, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the CNN republican presidential debate at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 15, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:24 PM UTCPublished: Jan 15, 2016 1:17 PM UTC South Carolina Senator [Lindsey Graham](http://time.com/4150787/republican-debate-princess-bride/) will endorse former Florida Gov. [Jeb Bush](http://time.com/4172461/jeb-bush-george-barbara-family/) for president, the _Charleston_ _Post and Courier_ [reported](http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160115/PC1603/160119579/sen-lindsey-graham-endorsing-jeb-bush-for-president-today) on Friday morning. Graham reportedly plans to make the announcement during a press conference in North Charleston, South Carolina on Friday. Sources in Graham’s camp told the _Post Courier_ that Graham has decided to endorse Bush because he “is prepared to be the commander-in-chief on day one,” and “will beat Hillary Clinton.” The announcement comes one day after the sixth [GOP presidential debate](http://time.com/4182083/republican-debate-donald-trump-nasty/?xid=homepage), which also took place in North Charleston. Graham [exited](http://time.com/4156853/lindsey-graham-suspends-campaign/) the presidential race himself in December when he could not raise his poll numbers above single digits. \[[_Post & Courier_](http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160115/PC1603/160119579/sen-lindsey-graham-endorsing-jeb-bush-for-president-today)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4182236/lindsey-graham-to-endorse-jeb-bush-for-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4182236/lindsey-graham-to-endorse-jeb-bush-for-president/"},"headline":"Lindsey Graham to Endorse Jeb Bush for President","datePublished":"2016-01-15T13:17:38.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T20:24:09.000Z","description":"Graham is expected to make the announcement Friday","url":"https://time.com/4182236/lindsey-graham-to-endorse-jeb-bush-for-president/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8404ff36b1550d5d/69887946cf40a81a6cc417e8/gettyimages-501525564.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8404ff36b1550d5d/69887946cf40a81a6cc417e8/gettyimages-501525564.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-501525564","caption":"Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Ohio Gov. 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