Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones shared a sweet bond long before they became cohosts on the fourth hour of Today.
Bush Hager joined the Today family as a contributor and correspondent in 2009, and later took over for Kathie Lee Gifford as Hoda Kotb‘s fourth hour cohost in 2019. Jones, meanwhile, became a Weekend Today co-anchor in 2014 and joined the third hour of Today‘s hosting lineup in 2019.
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