ByBob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
ByBob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
IRVINE, Calif. — Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in California with a non-heart, non-COVID-19 issue, his spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
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Photos: Bill Clinton through the years Here are some memorable photos of former President Bill Clinton through the years. (Ira Wyman/Sygma via Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1948: Portrait of Bill Clinton as a baby at about 18 months of age in 1948. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years Circa 1950s: Portrait of President Bill Clinton as a young child, circa 1950s. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1979: In this Feb. 27, 1979, file photo, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, enter the White House in Washington to attend a dinner honoring the nation's governors. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1980: In this March 5, 1980, file photo, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham, 33, hold their week-old baby daughter, Chelsea, in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Donald R. Broyles)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1982: Former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton speaks to the media and supporters at Clinton election headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., after he took the lead in the Democratic preferential primary for governor over opponent Joe Purcell, May 25, 1982. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, third from left, looks on. (AP Photo)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1984: Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton holds his daughter, Chelsea, as they listen to a campaign speech by Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, in Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 23, 1984. Ferraro made a a quick campaign stop in Arkansas before moving on to California. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1986: Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton speaks to reporters and supporters at Clinton campaign headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., after capturing the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, May 27, 1986. Looking on at right, is the governor's wife, first lady of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton was challenged for the nomination by former Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus and W. Dean Goldsby. (AP Photo/Larry Trussell)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1987: Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, left, chairman of the National Governors Association, addresses a White House dinner for the governors, Sunday, Feb. 23, 1987, in Washington, D.C. Watching Clinton are Mrs. Nancy Reagan, second from left, who hosted the dinner along with President Reagan, and New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1988: Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton plays the saxophone with Doc Severinsen on the trumpet on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," in Burbank, Calif., on July 28, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1989: Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, right, and Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, center, are greeted by Vice President Dan Quayle and Mrs. Quayle upon arriving at Blair House for the National Governors Association dinner on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1989, in Washington. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1991: Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas, with his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Chelsea, in Little Rock, Arkansas, in January 1991. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1992: This June 3, 1992, file photo shows Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, right, playing the saxaphone with the band during the musical opening of "The Arsenio Hall Show," in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1993: President and Mrs. Clinton wave as they walk down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington Wednesday, January 20, 1993, during the presidential inaugural parade. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1994: In this Saturday, June 4, 1994, file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles, as she sits alongside President Bill Clinton at a dinner in the Guildhall in Portsmouth, England, commemorating the 50th anniversary of D-Day. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1996: In this Nov. 5, 1996, file photo, President Bill Clinton hugs daughter Chelsea and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as they watch fireworks during an election night rally in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1996: In this Dec. 20, 1996, file photo, then-President Bill Clinton holds Socks the cat as he and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted Washington area elementary school children at the White House. (AP Photo/Ruth Fremson, File)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1997: In this Feb. 11, 1997, file-pool photo, President Bill Clinton meets with Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill. From left are: House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, the president, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi, and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, Pool, File)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1998: A photograph showing former White House intern Monica Lewinsky meeting President Bill Clinton at a White House function submitted as evidence in documents by the Starr investigation and released by the House Judicary committee September 21, 1998. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1998: President Bill Clinton shakes his finger on Jan. 26, 1998, as he denies improper behavior with intern Monica Lewinsky in the White House Roosevelt Room. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," Clinton said. (Harry Hamburg/NY Daily News via Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 1999: In this Jan. 19, 1999, file photo, President Clinton acknowledges the crowd prior to giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool, File)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2000: Democratic presidential hopeful Vice President Al Gore, right, looks out at supporters as President Clinton waves to the crowd during a campaign rally in Monroe, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2001: President George W. Bush, second from left, first lady Laura Bush, left, and former President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton pause while exiting the Capitol building following the presidential inauguration ceremony January 20, 2001, in Washington, D.C. (David McNew/Newsmakers)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2003: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, former South African President Nelson Mandela, center, and former US President Bill Clinton attend a gala night to mark the centenary of the Rhodes Trust and the establishment of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, at Westminster Hall, London, Wednesday July 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Young, Pool)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2004: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), look at the newly unveiled Clinton portraits in the East Room of the White House on June 14, 2004, in Washington, D.C. The artist, Simmie Knox, is the first Black portraitist to paint an official presidential portrait. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2005: President Bush, center, announces, Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, in the Roosevelt room at the White House, that he is appointing former Presidents George H.W. Bush, left, and Bill Clinton, right, to head up efforts to raise money for the massive American relief operation in the Asian tsunami-battered regions. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2009: U.S. President George W. Bush (center) meets with President-elect Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton, former President Jimmy Carter and former President George H.W. Bush in the Oval Office on January 7, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2010: In this handout image provided by Barbara Kinney, Marc Mezvinsky, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton pose during the wedding of Chelsea Clinton and Mezvinsky at the Astor Courts Estate on July 31, 2010, in Rhinebeck, New York. (Barbara Kinney via Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2013: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton arrive at the ceremonial swearing-in for President Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2016: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, accompanied by her husband former President Bill Clinton, concedes the presidential election at the New Yorker Hotel on November 9, 2016, in New York City. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2017: President Donald Trump greets former President Bill Clinton at the Inaugural Luncheon in the US Capitol January 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2017: Former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton attend the trophy presentation prior to Thursday foursome matches of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club on September 28, 2017, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2018: In this handout provided by Paul Morse/George W. Bush Presidential Center, former first lady Laura Bush, former President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State and first lady Hilary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, former President George H. W. Bush, former first lady Michelle Obama and first lady Melania Trump pose for a group photo at the funeral ceremony for the late first lady Barbara Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church on April 21, 2018, in Houston. (Paul Morse/George W. Bush Presidential Center via Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2020: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attends the funeral service of the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) at Ebenezer Baptist Church on July 30, 2020, in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer-Pool/Getty Images)
Photos: Bill Clinton through the years 2021: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Clinton, 75, who served as the nation’s 42nd president from 1993 to 2001, was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center, CNN reported.
He is “on the mend” and “in good spirits,” according to a statement from Clinton spokesperson Angel Urena, who said Clinton was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday.
Clinton was in Southern California to attend a private event for the nonprofit Clinton Foundation, the Los Angeles Times reported. When Clinton reported he was not feeling well, he was admitted to UC Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday. The former president had a urinary tract infection that turned into sepsis, the newspaper reported.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, sepsis is the body’s “extreme response” to an infection and is a life-threatening medical emergency. According to the CDC, sepsis occurs when an infection that is already present in the body. triggers a chain reaction throughout the body. Infections that lead to sepsis most often originate in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract.
Clinton’s doctors, Alpesh Amin and Lisa Bardick, issued a joint statement Thursday that said Clinton was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday.
“President Clinton was taken to UC Irvine Medical Center and diagnosed with an infection,” the doctors wrote. “He was admitted to the hospital for close monitoring and administered IV antibiotics and fluids. He remains at the hospital for continuous monitoring.
“After two days of treatment, his white blood cell count is trending down and he is responding to antibiotics well. The California-based medical team has been in constant communication with the President’s New York-based medical team, including his cardiologist. We hope to have him go home soon.”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not in California when her husband was hospitalized, according to the Times. She flew to the state and attended the foundation event Thursday and then joined Bill Clinton at the hospital late Thursday, a person familiar with the former first lady’s schedule told the newspaper.
Bill Clinton has a history of health troubles, including high cholesterol and being overweight, the Times reported. He had a benign cyst removed from his chest in 1995 and a precancerous lesion removed from his nose the following year.
The former president also had successful quadruple coronary bypass surgery in 2004, the newspaper reported.
