Bill Clinton has been discharged from the hospital, one day after developing 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 on X (formerly known as Twitter).
“… 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,” Ureña continued. “He sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all.”
The day before, Ureña shared on X that Clinton was admitted for “testing and observation” but remained in “good spirits.”
A source also told NBC News the 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 his annual holiday tradition of visiting his daughter Chelsea’s family, including her three kids — Charlotte, 8, Aidan, 6, and Jasper, 3 — with wife Hilary 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 on Live with Kelly and Mark that he has embraced 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.”
This isn’t the first time the 42nd president has been hospitalized. He previously had a quadruple bypass heart surgery in 2004 and had another procedure in which two stents were added into his heart in 2010, according to CNN. He was also hospitalized for a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream in 2021, per the outlet.
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