Former President George W. Bush recently made headlines for bouncing the ceremonial first pitch at the World Series opener. <\/p>\n
His daughter, Jenna Bush Hager, shed light on the incident, revealing that her father had back surgery earlier in the year.<\/p>\n
She explained, \u201cIt did not, it curved, and he just had back surgery, <\/p>\n
so unfortunately he probably injured himself.<\/p>\n
\u201dA spokesperson for President Bush confirmed his back surgery, saying, \u201cPresident Bush isn\u2019t one to make excuses,<\/p>\n
but that\u2019s true \u2014 he did have fusion surgery on his lower back early this year.\u201d Despite the surgery, he is recovering well. Read more below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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