We all remember Bill Clinton, the first Baby Boomer president, as a young chief executive back in the ’90s. At 46 years old, he was the third-youngest president to take office, only surpassed by John F. Kennedy and Theodore Roosevelt. But time inevitably catches up with everyone; now, the former President is 78 years old and has faced some health challenges. Recently, he was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital for testing after developing a fever.
“President Clinton, who is now 78 years old, has been hospitalized at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital for evaluation and observation following the onset of a fever,” stated Angel Ureña, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff.
“He is in good spirits and grateful for the care he is receiving,” Ureña said.
A source close to 42nd president said the situation is “not urgent.”
“The former president will be fine,” the source said. “He developed a fever and wanted to be checked out. He is awake and alert.”
The former president has had some previous health issues, some of which had the potential to be life-threatening.
In 2004, Clinton underwent a quadruple bypass surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Later, in 2010, he returned to the same hospital for an additional heart procedure where two stents were placed in one of his coronary arteries.
Clinton has also undergone surgery in 2005 for a partially collapsed lung. After the coronary stent procedure in 2010, he temporarily adopted a vegan diet but later amended that diet to include fish and lean meat.
The former president was also treated for sepsis in 2021 and tested positive for COVID-19 in 2022.
