Jenna Bush Hager's surprising admission about Joe Biden - as she recalls how her grandfather George H.W. was 'crushed' after his 1992 election defeat

Jenna Bush Hager has weighed successful connected Joe Biden's daze determination to drop retired of nan 2024 statesmanlike title and admitted that it reminded her of her ain grandfather, nan 41st President of nan United States, George H. W. Bush.

During Monday's section of Today pinch Hoda & Jenna, nan mother-of-three revealed that her granddad was 'crushed' erstwhile 'he wasn't elected' to tally for President backmost successful 1992.

Referring to a tweet that Biden's granddaughter Naomi posted over nan weekend, Jenna, 42, said: 'I deliberation moreover successful nan depths of america having these governmental opinions and obviously, it has travel to a fever, we've sewage to retrieve that group are human. And that, to her, that's her grandpa.

'I deliberation he benignant of reminds everybody of their grandpa. He reminds maine a small spot of my grandfather, who I'll ne'er forget... erstwhile successful 1992 he worked truthful difficult and he wasn't elected and he was crushed.'

Jenna continued: 'And he wrote a missive to President Clinton, which went astir connected nan internet, but basically, nan extremity of it was, "You are my President and coming I'm rooting for you."

'So I conscionable dream that we tin get backmost arsenic a state to a spot wherever it's like, "Oh yeah, he's a quality being and this must person been a really difficult decision." And 1 successful which his family helped astir apt support, but besides are sad astir and that is understandable.'

Jenna reiterated her constituent and recalled nan clip she met Biden and his family.

'I deliberation it's truthful absorbing because we've go a state that is truthful divided astir politics, that sometimes it's difficult to think, "Oh my gosh, he's a human," and because I person spent immoderate clip pinch his grandchildren, I sewage to question and reply them erstwhile he was first elected and I sewage to walk immoderate clip pinch him...,' she said.

'You know, my mom was not portion of nan aforesaid governmental statement and yet, he invited each of america to nan White House and we drove up and he showed our girls astir and, of course, Poppy was like, "Can I spot nan pool?"' Jenna added arsenic Hoda, 59, laughed.

Referring to Biden stepping down, Jenna said: 'Also, I don't know, but I presume this was a difficult decision, right? Because a batch of one-term Presidents don't consciousness for illustration nan occupation has been done.

'And yet he made nan prime and he said successful his statement... because it was nan champion for nan state and that's specified an admirable... I mean, don't we want... I want my kids to put others successful beforehand of themselves.'

Mother-of-two Hoda agreed and claimed: 'A batch of life lessons successful each of this these past fewer days,' arsenic Jenna added: 'And absorbing things to talk astir pinch our kids.'

Hoda past continued: 'I deliberation there's a spot wherever astir group would alternatively live, and that's benignant of successful a spot wherever we are benignant and tolerant and we tin person a different sentiment and still break breadstuff and we tin person thing we don't work together pinch and still not dread having a family reunion.'

On Sunday, Biden ended his run arsenic America's oldest ever president admitted it was successful nan 'best interests of nan country' for him not to activity re-election for a 2nd term.

Biden, 81, endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to win him arsenic nan Democratic nominee to return connected Donald Trump in November, arsenic she said she would beryllium nan 1 to 'unite' nan party.

The President had faced an progressively frenzied clamor to measurement speech aft a disastrous statement capacity against Trump past month.

Biden announced his seismic determination successful a one-page missive posted connected societal media. In it he committed to serving until nan extremity of this word successful January.

However, Republicans called connected him to resign immediately, arguing that if he is not 'fit to run' past he is 'not fresh to serve.'