AFP, WASHINGTON: Big brother is watching—and now, in George W. Bush’s case, campaigning.
The former US president will stump for his younger brother in South Carolina Monday as struggling candidate Jeb Bush seeks to shore up support in a state he sees as a lynchpin of his potential comeback in the Republican nomination race.
“Honored to have my brother joining me on the trail this week. Join us Monday in Charleston,” Jeb Bush posted on Twitter Thursday, referring to next week’s rally in the southern city.
It will be the first time that the ex-commander in chief campaigns with Jeb at a public event since the
 former governor of Florida launched his presidential bid last June.
The older brother remains an intensely divisive figure in American politics, having presided over the US invasion of Iraq after the 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001 and an economy that turned sharply south near the end of his second term.