at a press conference on april 16, 2013, at bluefield college, bush stated he had not begun the decision-making process about a run but that he would begin to consider a run soon. on october 2, 2014, bush's brother george said that his brother "wants to be president". on december 16, 2014, bush announced via facebook that he would be "actively exploring" a 2016 run to become president of the united states and at the end of the year resigned several corporate boards.