30 Facts About Billy Bush

William Hall Bush was born on October 13,1971 and is an American radio and television host.

Bush hosted The Billy Bush Show, a nationally syndicated talk and music radio show that aired from 2008 to 2014.

Billy Bush departed Access Hollywood in 2016 after being named a co-host in the third hour of Today.

Since 2019, Billy Bush has been the host of the syndicated newsmagazine TV show Extra, a year after the series moved from NBC to Fox.

George W Bush, the 43rd President, and former Florida governor Jeb Bush are William Bush's first cousins.

Billy Bush attended middle school at St Bernard's School in Manhattan and high school at St George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island.

Billy Bush graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in international studies and government from Colby College in 1994.

Billy Bush was a four-year letterman and a two-time co-captain as a junior and senior with the Mules' men's lacrosse team.

Billy Bush began his career hosting the afternoon drive show on WLKZ-FM in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, later moving to Washington, DC, where he hosted the midday show on WARW-FM.

In January 2003, Billy Bush hosted a short-lived NBC prime-time version of Let's Make a Deal.

Billy Bush was a correspondent for WNBC-TV's Today in New York morning show.

Billy Bush joined Access Hollywood, a daily entertainment news magazine, as East Coast correspondent in December 2001.

Billy Bush was a reporter for NBC at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and was the host for Access Hollywood's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Billy Bush returned to radio with The Billy Bush Show, a nightly talk radio and entertainment interview show.

Billy Bush co-hosted the Miss Universe pageant four times: in 2003 and 2004 with Daisy Fuentes; in 2005 with fellow Access Hollywood co-anchor Nancy O'Dell; and in 2009 with Claudia Jordan.

Billy Bush has co-hosted the Miss USA pageant four times, with almost the same partners: in 2003 with Fuentes; 2004 and 2005 with O'Dell; and again in 2009, this time with Nadine Velazquez.

Billy Bush was named one of Esquire magazine's "10 Men" in July 2005.

From September 13,2010, to October 2016, Billy Bush co-hosted the syndicated national daily entertainment talk show Access Hollywood Live, along with co-host Kit Hoover.

Billy Bush played the drill sergeant in the 2010 film Furry Vengeance and had a small role as the voice of a newscaster in the 2014 Disney animated film Big Hero 6.

In May 2016, Billy Bush was selected to be the co-host of the third hour of NBC's Today.

Billy 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.

Billy Bush garnered attention after he and Al Roker got into an argument during Olympic coverage on Today after Lochte was exposed.

Billy Bush defended Lochte, saying he lied about "some" details whereas Roker characterized Lochte's statement as a lie.

Billy Bush spent the six-hour flight reading news reports on the unfolding controversy.

Billy Bush spent the remainder of that weekend trying to save his job at Today, which had already garnered controversy, first over Billy Bush's lack of hard-news experience and the rude tone he exhibited during red carpet events and then over the Ryan Lochte matter.

On October 9,2016, NBC announced that Billy Bush was suspended from Today for his role in the 2005 video.

On May 8,2019, Telepictures announced they would hire Billy Bush to be the host of Extra.

Billy Bush replaced Mario Lopez at the start of the 26th season on September 9,2019, in a revamp of the show, which was originally to be renamed ExtraExtra.

Billy Bush married Sydney Davis in April 1998 and the couple have three daughters.

Billy Bush is a descendant of the Hasbrouck family and the Van Vleck family, making him a second cousin, three times removed of Nobel Physics Prize recipient John Hasbrouck Van Vleck.