Jenna Bush Hager has a permanent cohost on the fourth hour of Today. In December 2025, the Today With Jenna & Friends host announced that Sheinelle Jones would become her new cohost. "You all know her, she's an extraordinary broadcaster, but more importantly, she exemplifies exactly what this show is all about," Bush Hager said of Jones. Jones will replace the rotation of celebrity guest hosts who have worked alongside Bush Hager since Hoda Kotb's exit from Today in January 2025. "Just watched @jennabhager and @sheinelle_o show us what a match made in heaven looks like. So proud of you both...#proudmom," Kotb wrote via Instagram after Jones was announced as her replacement. Who Is Sheinelle Jones? 5 Things to Know About Jenna Bush Hager's Cohost Keep scrolling to see when Jones will make her debut on the brand-new Today With Jenna & Sheinelle: When Does 'Today With Jenna & Sheinelle' Start? Today With Jenna & Sheinelle is set to begin on Monday, January 12, at 10 a.m. ET on NBC. Jones will step away from the third hour of Today, which she cohosts with Craig Melvin, Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer, when she moves to the fourth hour. Melvin, Roker and Dreyer will continue to host the 9 a.m. slot. What Has Sheinelle Jones Said About Cohosting 'Today' With Jenna Bush Hager? "To have a show like this is beyond my wildest dreams," Jones said when the announcement was made. "This is the real deal, and I get to do it with Jenna." The journalist also said she sees a "higher purpose" in the job. TODAY/YouTube "I feel like it's divine, but I actually feel a responsibility in it where we can bring joy, we can bring hope, we can bring comfort," Jones continued. "So just as healing as it is for me and fun, I hope we can bring that for people at home." Jones said she received a special call from Kotb before her new role was announced. "Last night obviously, as you guys can imagine, it was an emotional rollercoaster for me and my phone kept 'zip, zip, zip, zip,' and I'm like, 'I can't talk, Clara's tapping or dancing,' and it was Hoda," she shared, revealing that she was at her daughters' dance recital. (Jones shares son Kayin and twins Clara and Uche with her late husband, Uche Ojeh.) She continued, "And so I went out to the lobby, we had some time, and I said, 'Hey,' And she goes, 'Don't say anything just listen.'" Jones then shared Kotb's "45 seconds of wisdom that changed me." Henry Winkler Joins 'Today With Jenna and Friends' Hosting Lineup "She said, 'You're gonna be doing graduation speeches and all that.' And she goes, 'I promise you,' she goes, 'let's remember this moment, you're gonna talk about how this was a moment that changed your career and it was the best decision, for your kids, for you. Working with Jenna, it's gonna be better than you could ever imagine,'" she recalled. What Has Jenna Bush Hager Said About Cohosting 'Today' With Sheinelle Jones? "I'm so excited about this new iteration of this show because it has been, first started by Kathie Lee [Gifford] and Hoda, a show about friendship, a show about the goodness that you can find in the world if you surround yourself with people who see you and who love you," Bush Hager said while revealing Jones as her new cohost. "So now to get to sit next to Sheinelle, I've known her for a decade, but to get to fall even more in love with her."