Roger Cassidy Clinton (born July 25, 1956) is an American actor and musician and the half-brother of President Bill Clinton. Roger Clinton was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the son of Virginia Clinton Kelley and Roger M. Clinton, who were Bill Clinton s mother and stepfather, respectively. As a child, Bill often had to protect Roger from his periodically alcoholic and abusive father. Roger became a musician and formed a rock band, which Bill Clinton described as talented in his autobiography. Clinton developed his singing career under the direction of Arkansas' iconic music impresario Butch Stone (manager, Black Oak Arkansas, Krokus) where he developed his chops singing the warm-ups for the studio audiences for the "Designing Women" sitcom and playing lounges.