Former President Bill Clinton hospitalised with fever

Former United States President Bill Clinton has been hospitalised for “testing and observation” after developing a fever.

Bill Clinton has been hospitalised for “testing and observation after developing a fever”, an aide to the former US President announced on Monday.

The 78-year-old was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC on Monday afternoon, Angel Ureña, Mr Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, posted on X.

“He remains in good spirits and deeply appreciates the excellent care he is receiving,” he added.

In 2021, Mr Clinton was hospitalised for six days in California after he contracted a urological infection that developed into sepsis, an extremely dangerous and potentially life-threatening reaction.

He underwent quadruple heart bypass heart surgery in 2004, with doctors warning he had been at significant risk of heart attack due to clogged arteries.

In 2010, he was hospitalised again to open a clogged heart artery after suffering chest pains.

Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Picture: Charly Triballeau/AFP

Mr Clinton served as the 42nd President from 1993 to 2001. He hit the campaign trail for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris during this year’s election, and last month released his latest book, Citizen: My Life After the White House.

The memoir gives a “front-row, first-person chronicle of his post-presidential years and the most significant events of the 21st century, including 9/11 and the run-up to the Iraq War, the Haiti earthquake, the Great Recession, the January 6 insurrection, and the enduring culture wars of our times”.

“He recounts his support for Hillary Clinton during her time as Senator, Secretary of State, and presidential candidate, and shares the frustration and pain of the 2016 election,” the description reads.

Last month Mr Clinton revealed he was not “surprised” that Ms Harris lost the election to Mr Trump.

“I can’t say I was surprised,” he said in an interview with MSNBC.

“I had the feeling all along that at the end this thing might break one way or the other, and all the so-called swing states would vote together.”

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