George Bush: 'When Jeb beats Hillary …' The former president believes his friendship with Bill Clinton can handle it.

They’ve come a long way since 1992, but former President George W. Bush says his friendship with his predecessor Bill Clinton will remain intact “when Jeb beats Hillary.”

“Look, I’ll still like him [Bill Clinton], if Jeb — when Jeb beats Hillary,” a smiling Bush told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in a clip of an interview that aired Thursday.


“Are you betting on that?” Hannity asked.

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“If Jeb runs, I think, yeah — Look, I don’t know if he’s going to run, I really don’t. I hope he does because he’d be a great president,” Bush said in the interview, which will air in full Thursday evening on “Hannity.”

Jeb Bush is currently weighing a bid for the White House but has yet to reach a final decision. George W. Bush has said he thinks the chances of his younger brother running are “50-50.”

Bush has been making numerous media appearances to promote his recently released book, “41: A Portrait of My Father.”

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