Former US president Bill Clinton will be home for Christmas after being released from a hospital in Washington, DC, where he was treated for the flu.
The 78-year-old Democrat was admitted Monday afternoon with a fever.
A spokesman said Clinton was released Tuesday thanks to the care he received at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
The spokesman said that Clinton sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season for everyone. Clinton, who served two terms as president between 1993 and 2001, campaigned this fall for Vice President Kamala Harris in her run for president.
In the years since Clinton left the White House, he has had health scares.
In 2004, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery after suffering from prolonged chest pains and shortness of breath. Clinton returned to the hospital for surgery for a partially collapsed lung in 2005, and in 2010 a pair of stents were inserted into a coronary artery.
Clinton responded by adopting a largely vegan diet that saw him lose weight and report improved health.
In 2021, the former president in the hospital for six days in California while receiving treatment for an illness unrelated to COVID-19, when the pandemic was still near its peak.
