(CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a Washington, D.C., hospital Monday afternoon with a fever and is undergoing tests and observation, his press secretary told CNN.
“The president is doing well,” Angel Urena, Mr. Clinton’s chief of staff, told CNN in an interview, adding that the former president hopes to be home by Christmas. “He remains in good spirits and is deeply grateful for the excellent care he is receiving.”
Mr. Clinton, 78, was at his home in Washington when he was taken to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Aides described the former president as “awake and alert” and said he was expected to remain in the hospital at least overnight.
News of the former president’s hospitalization two days before Christmas spread quickly among Clinton’s vast alumni network. One of Clinton’s longtime friends said the former president’s condition was described as “in no way urgent or dire.”
Since leaving the White House nearly a quarter-century ago, the 42nd president has endured several health scares.
He underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery in New York in 2004 and suffered a partially collapsed lung the following year. He underwent another heart surgery in 2010 and had two stents inserted into his coronary arteries.
He was hospitalized for six days in Los Angeles in 2021 due to a urinary infection that spread to his bloodstream.
Clinton spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August and has been very active on the campaign trail this fall. Since the election, he has published a new book, Citizen: My Life After the White House, and has a robust travel schedule.
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