It's official: Hillary Clinton is running for president in 2020, thanks to The One Show.

It's been a wild week on the BBC's flagship chat show, from fill-in presenter Amol Rajan questioning Tim Minchin's washing habits to guest Richard Branson surfing on the furniture.

But the highlight of the week came on Friday night (October 13), when Alex Jones and Amol Rajan welcomed former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to Broadcasting House to chat about her election memoir What Happened.

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The trio talked about Hillary's election defeat and the on-going Harvey Weinstein scandal in the US, before Alex and Amol surprised Hillary with a genealogist who'd been tracing the politician's roots.

It turns out that Hillary's ancestors have strong links to Wales, making it a happy coincidence that she was being interviewed by Welsh TV presenter Alex Jones.

Alex even helped Hillary to learn a phrase in Welsh, although Clinton clearly didn't know that she'd been duped into announcing her candidacy for the 2020 US election live on The One Show:

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. 😂 @HillaryClinton is running in the elections for 2020! Maybe only in Wales though... @MissAlexjones pic.twitter.com/tHknrY1t7E — BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) October 13, 2017

"Oh, I plead total ignorance," Clinton chuckled after the prank.

How about a Hillary Clinton/Alex Jones ticket in 2020? We'd vote for them!

The One Show airs Mondays through Fridays at 7pm on BBC One.

Hillary will also be appearing next Friday night (October 20) on The Graham Norton Show along with Jeff Goldblum, Gerard Butler and comedian Jack Whitehall.

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