About Billy Bush
William Hall Bush (born October 17, 1971) is an American radio and television host. A member of the Bush family, he is the nephew of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, and the cousin of the 43rd president, George W. Bush, and 43rd Florida governor Jeb Bush. After appearing as a correspondent on Access Hollywood from 2001 to 2004, Bush became a primary anchor of the program in 2004. Bush also hosted The Billy Bush Show, a nationally syndicated talk and music radio show that aired from 2008 to 2014. He departed Access Hollywood in 2016 after being named a co-host in the third hour of Today. Bush's tenure on the Today Show was short-lived, as in October 2016, during the presidential election, he became the subject of controversy when the 2005 Access Hollywood recording surfaced of him and presidential candidate Donald Trump having a lewd conversation. Due to this incident, Bush was fired from Today. From 2019 to 2025, Bush hosted the syndicated newsmagazine TV show Extra, a year after the series moved from NBC to Fox. Bush, the 43rd President, and former Florida governor Jeb Bush are his first cousins. Bush was the first reporter to interview American Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after the athlete claimed he was robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Summer Olympics. You can do anything...grab them by the pussy..." When the news of the footage first broke, Bush was at New York's JFK International Airport waiting to take off for Los Angeles.
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