Former President Bill Clinton marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund at the Treasury Department in Washington on November 21, 2024.Photo:Sipa via AP
Sipa via AP
Bill Clintonhas been discharged from the hospital, one day afterdeveloping a fever.
The former U.S. president, 78, was diagnosed with the flu and treated for his symptoms at a Washington D.C.-area hospital before being discharged on Tuesday, Dec. 24, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff Angel Ureña shared onX(formerly known as Twitter).
The day before, Ureña shared onXthat Clinton was admitted for “testing and observation” but remained in “good spirits.”
A source also toldNBC Newsthe current situation is “not urgent.” The insider continued, “The former president will be fine. He developed a fever and wanted to be checked out. He is awake and alert.”
Clinton will be home for Christmas, though it is unclear how this would affect hisannual holiday traditionof visiting his daughterChelsea’s family, including her three kids — Charlotte, 8, Aidan, 6, and Jasper, 3 — with wifeHilary Clinton.
“Hillary says I’ve always been our family’s Christmas elf,” he said in 2021.
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“We always go down on Christmas Eve, spend the night and have Christmas Day with them,” he continued. “And I think it’s the right thing to do, intergenerationally. And then we normally go to the train display at the Bronx Zoo. It’s great.”
He also shared in an interview onLive with Kelly and Markthat he hasembraced the nickname “pop-pop,”which has been passed down from generation to generation in their family.
“It’s what Chelsea called Hillary’s dad. And you know, we have a great time together. It’s a good deal,” he told Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos in November.
“Would you say that’s the number one most powerful position in the household? Being pop-pop of the family?” Ripa asked.
“Depends on what day it is. Some days it’s the least most powerful,” he joked. “But it has the longest cool list.”
source: people.com
