Business graduate student Henry Hager is the husband of George W. Bush's daughter Jenna. They married in Crawford, Texas on May 10, 2008.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/jenna-bush-henry-hager-we_n_96767.html
He is completing a masters in business at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Hagar began dating Bush in 2004. He reportedly asked President Bush for permission to marry Jenna Bush in advance of proposing to her on Cadillac Mountain, in Maine.
In a 2009 book, In the President's Secret Service by Ronald Kessler - Kessler reveals that Jenna Bush and Hagar caused major problems for the Secret Service. She would try to allude her protection and on one occasion the couple got so drunk that they had to be escorted to Georgetown hospital.http://www.examiner.com/x-15228-Celebrity-Kids-Examiners~y2009m7d20-Jenna-and-Barbara-Bush-Secret-Service-nightmares-according-to-a-new-book
Family and Career
Hager's father is John H. Hager, Virginia's former director of Homeland Security and lieutenant governor. Henry Hager got his start in politics as an intern for Karl Rove before working on the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2004.
Engagement and Wedding
Henry Hager Recent News
- Houston Chronicle: Jenna Bush sets date for non-White House wedding (January 16, 2008)
- The Swamp: Bush wedding bells: 'The son George never had' (February 27, 2008)
- People Magazine: Jenna Bush Planning May 10 Wedding (January 16, 2008)
- "Jenna Bush and her fiancé Henry Hager will marry in a ceremony on May 10, two sources confirm to People. One of the sources says the wedding will be held at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas."
- Washington Post: A Union of Families, Politics and Society (October 2, 2007)
- CNN: Jenna Bush gets engaged (August 16, 2007)
- Forbes.com: Bush's Daughter, Jenna, Engaged (August 16, 2007)