WASHINGTON—Former President Bill Clinton was released from a Washington hospital on Dec. 24 after being treated for a fever, according to an aide.
“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.”
Clinton, a Democrat who was president from 1993 to 2001, was admitted to the hospital on Dec. 23.
Clinton, 78, has a history of medical issues.
Six years later, the former president experienced chest pains, resulting in having a heart artery opened in a New York hospital.
In 2021, Clinton suffered a blood infection and stayed at a California hospital.
Clinton this year campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris, who went on to lose the Nov. 5 election to President-elect Donald Trump.
He spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August.
“I want to say this from the bottom of my heart: I have no idea how many more of these I’ll be able to come to,” he said.
Following the election, Clinton told “CBS Sunday Morning” that the Democratic Party needed to appeal to non-college-educated Americans.
Clinton has recently made comments about the Middle East, expressing astonishment over Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s rejecting a peace deal with Israel during the Camp David Summit in 2000. Israel offered East Jerusalem and 96 percent of the West Bank.
“You walk away from these once-in-a-lifetime peace opportunities, and you can’t complain 25 years later when the doors weren’t all still open and all the possibilities weren’t still there. You can’t do it,” he said at the Dec. 4 New York Times DealBook Summit.
