Jeff Dwire
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- George Jefferson Dwire (June 6, 1923 – August 12, 1974) was an American small businessman in Arkansas and the third husband of Virginia Clinton Kelley, and a stepfather of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Roger Clinton Jr.
Dwire, who had three daughters from a previous marriage, met Kelley when she patronized the beauty salon he owned. They married on January 3, 1969, in Hope, Arkansas; the ceremony was performed by the Rev. John Miles, and Bill Clinton served as the best man. He also played and sang at the reception.
Hillary Clinton, then Hillary Rodham, described Dwire as a "supportive ally" in her attempts to forge a relationship with Bill Clinton's mother while Rodham was dating the future president.
A 1967 Ford Mustang that Dwire bought played a role in the 1992 presidential campaign and was a favorite nostalgia item of Bill Clinton. Jeff Dwire died due to complications from diabetes in 1974 at the age of 51.
The Clinton family's housekeeper at the time Clarice Minner Hay, who was expecting a child, had so much admiration for the family that she named her daughter after Jeff. Her child subsequently became Jeffery Lynn Smith. Jeffery went missing three weeks before Christmas in 1985 while walking home from school in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was 15 years old.
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