<P> Jesse portrayed by Drew Roy (season 3--4) is Hannah / Miley's romance interest . In "He Could Be The One," Miley repeatedly tries but fails to tell her dad that she's dating Jake Ryan again . Soon, Robby winds up believing that she's hiding something from him . To make her father thankful for Jake, she pretends to like her bad boy bandmate Jesse, but gets in over her head when she starts to have feelings for him so it's up to Robby to help Miley listen to her heart and chose the guy who could "be the one ." In the end, Hannah tells Jesse that there is just something between her and Jake that is special and picks Jake after some help from a video of her mother and apparent intervention by her to help . In "Been Here All Along", Jesse starts seeing Miley and Miley cancels a special father - daughter afternoon with her dad to go on a first date with Jesse instead . After Jesse receives a phone call from his deployed father, their heartfelt conversation leads Miley to realize how fortunate she is to have her father close to home whenever she needs him . Then, in "I'll Always Remember You", it is revealed that Jesse knew that Miley was Hannah when he told Miley that his dad was in Afghanistan . Jesse ends up figuring out that Miley is Hannah before she could even tell him, claiming that "You both have the same beautiful eyes and amazing smile ." Things go from bad to worse when Jesse kisses Hannah on stage and is soon criticized for two - timing Hannah when he is spotted with Miley, this is the moment that the Hannah - secret started interfering with Miley's personal life to the point which it became too difficult to manage, and it served as the instigator to Miley revealing the secret to the world . Jesse later goes to see Miley off at the airport and they (presumably) kiss . </P> <Ul> <Li>' Mamaw' Ruthie Ray Stewart (Vicki Lawrence) is Miley and Jackson's paternal grandmother and Robby's mother ("Mamaw" is a nickname given to a grandmother). She lives in Tennessee but occasionally visits California . Ruthie is a demanding and opinionated woman, often seen nagging Robby about his habits and parenting skills . Ruthie also makes fun of him for being fat . While in high school Ruthie dated fellow Tennessean Elvis Presley and claimed to have been the one to first give him the nickname "The King" after playing checkers with him . Elvis eventually started dating Aunt Dolly which began a 30 - year feud between the two women . A former Olympian who played volleyball at the 1964 Olympics, Ruthie maintained her competitive streak throughout life: From 1982 to 1999, she won "Lunch Lady of the Year" from the North Central Nashville School District every single year and in "Grandma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Favorites" she was seen competing with Queen Elizabeth II in an arcade dance - game . Both Miley and Jackson love "Mamaw," but they often find her overbearing . Ruthie alienates Miley in "Grandma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites" by clearly showing favoritism toward Jackson . Ruthie feels that because of all Miley's success, Jackson is often overlooked in the family, not realizing she's overlooking Miley's feelings as well . Ruthie reconciles with Miley and teaches her to better appreciate her brother . In the episode "B-B-B - Bad to the Chrome", Ruthie is seen to have a battered old car called Loretta (a 1980s Cadillac Eldorado convertible). Loretta has 40 years of smells including her husband's hair tonic and tomato sauce in between the seats . Ruthie has appeared once in seasons 1, 2, and 4, and twice in the third . The episodes include: "Grandma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites," "I Will Always Loathe You," "You Give Lunch a Bad Name," "B-B-B - Bad to the Chrome", and "I am Mamaw, Hear Me Roar". </Li> <Li> "Bubba" Joe Stewart was Ruthie's husband and Robby's father . Very little is said about him except that he had large ears and that he and Ruthie started dating after a school dance . He is presumably deceased as the family refers to him in the past tense . </Li> </Ul> <Li>' Mamaw' Ruthie Ray Stewart (Vicki Lawrence) is Miley and Jackson's paternal grandmother and Robby's mother ("Mamaw" is a nickname given to a grandmother). She lives in Tennessee but occasionally visits California . Ruthie is a demanding and opinionated woman, often seen nagging Robby about his habits and parenting skills . Ruthie also makes fun of him for being fat . While in high school Ruthie dated fellow Tennessean Elvis Presley and claimed to have been the one to first give him the nickname "The King" after playing checkers with him . Elvis eventually started dating Aunt Dolly which began a 30 - year feud between the two women . A former Olympian who played volleyball at the 1964 Olympics, Ruthie maintained her competitive streak throughout life: From 1982 to 1999, she won "Lunch Lady of the Year" from the North Central Nashville School District every single year and in "Grandma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Favorites" she was seen competing with Queen Elizabeth II in an arcade dance - game . Both Miley and Jackson love "Mamaw," but they often find her overbearing . Ruthie alienates Miley in "Grandma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites" by clearly showing favoritism toward Jackson . Ruthie feels that because of all Miley's success, Jackson is often overlooked in the family, not realizing she's overlooking Miley's feelings as well . Ruthie reconciles with Miley and teaches her to better appreciate her brother . In the episode "B-B-B - Bad to the Chrome", Ruthie is seen to have a battered old car called Loretta (a 1980s Cadillac Eldorado convertible). Loretta has 40 years of smells including her husband's hair tonic and tomato sauce in between the seats . Ruthie has appeared once in seasons 1, 2, and 4, and twice in the third . The episodes include: "Grandma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites," "I Will Always Loathe You," "You Give Lunch a Bad Name," "B-B-B - Bad to the Chrome", and "I am Mamaw, Hear Me Roar". </Li> <Li> "Bubba" Joe Stewart was Ruthie's husband and Robby's father . Very little is said about him except that he had large ears and that he and Ruthie started dating after a school dance . He is presumably deceased as the family refers to him in the past tense . </Li>

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