Former President Bill Clinton is out of the hospital after a brief health scare just before Christmas.
The 78-year-old was discharged on Christmas Eve from a hospital in Washington D.C. after treatment for the flu.
"President Clinton was discharged earlier today after being treated for the flu," his spokesperson, Angel Urena wrote in a post on X. "He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received. He sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all."
The former president was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington for testing after he came down with a fever.
President Clinton was discharged earlier today after being treated for the flu. He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received. He sends… https://t.co/URiITiMqF8
— Angel Ureña (@angelurena) December 24, 2024
The incident comes three years after Clinton was hospitalized for an infection that entered his bloodstream. He spent six days in the hospital before being released.
Clinton has also had some heart issues in recent years, leading to him getting a quadruple bypass surgery in 2004 at the age of 58. He later had stents placed to open up a coronary blockage.
Once famous for his love of a good hamburger, Clinton now eats a vegan diet.
Clinton hit the campaign trial in the fall for Kamala Harris, who lost the presidential election to Donald Trump in a historic wipeout for the Democrats.
The results have left the party adrift, with many arguing the Dems took a wrong turn by rejecting the political centrism that Clinton - a charismatic, two-term president - championed in the 1990s.
Now 78, the former Democratic president has a frail appearance but is in good shape mentally.
Clinton's new memoir, Citizen: My Life After the White House, addresses some of his biggest controversies through the years, including his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and the Monica Lewinsky affair.
“He hurt a lot of people, but I knew nothing about it, and by the time he was first arrested in 2005, I had stopped contact with him. I’ve never visited his island,” Clinton wrote of Epstein.
“I wish I had never met him,” he added.
