What was Bill Clinton hospitalized for and how old is he?
FORMER president Bill Clinton was rushed to hospital on October 14, 2021.
The issue , as the former president was discharged from UC Irvine medical center on October 17, 2021.
What was Bill Clinton hospitalized for?
On October 16, 2021, Bill Clinton's spokesman, Angel Ureña, updated via Twitter that the former president is expected to be discharged on the 17th.
"President Clinton has continued to make excellent progress over the last 24 hours," his statement reads. "He will remain overnight at UC Irvine Medical Center to continue to receive antibiotics before an expected discharge tomorrow."
It was reported on Twitter that Bill Clinton was hospitalized for "non-Covid, non-heart" related issue.
It was later confirmed that Clinton was at University California Irvine with an infection.
"He is on the mend, in good spirits, and is incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses and staff providing him with excellent care," spokesperson for Clinton, Angel Ureña, wrote on Twitter.
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Three years after the left the White House in 2001 - culminating two terms - he underwent a four-hour quadruple bypass operation at the Columbia campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital.
The former Commander-in-Chief fell ill on October 12 when he was in California for Clinton Foundation-related event, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta said after speaking with Clinton's doctors and staff.
"What they think is going on with the former president now is a blood infection," Gupta said.
"Sometimes known as sepsis."
Sepsis is defined by the as the "body’s extreme response to an infection."
How old is Bill Clinton?
Born August 19, 1946, Clinton is 75-years-old.
Why was Bill Clinton impeached during his presidency?
The impeached Clinton based on two charges - one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice in connection with an extramarital affair with then 22-year-old Monica Lewinsky.
, then aged 49, on nine occasions, until March 1997.
She later claimed in an explosive documentary that she deliberately exposed her underwear during an Oval Office bash to get Clinton’s attention.
Lewinsky confided about the relationship to Tripp - her defense department co-worker, who secretly recorded telephone conversations.
Tripp persuaded Lewinsky not to wash her "blue dress", which was damning evidence as it was covered in Clinton's semen stain.
The affair first came to light on the Drudge Report in 1998 before reaching the mainstream press.
Clinton was quick to deny it and even gave a White House press conference beside his wife, , stating that the allegations were false.
But in July 1998, Lewinsky received total witness immunity in exchange for a grand jury testament about her relationship with Clinton.
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In August, under questioning from independent counsel before a federal grand jury, he testified that he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky.
On December 19, 1998, when had a House majority, the chamber voted largely along party lines to impeach Clinton, a , on the grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice.
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