Former President Bill Clinton, 79, was spotted at a New York airport leaving the Hamptons with wife Hillary Clinton and a defibrillator among his luggage, according to the Daily Beast. Photos showed the former president in a brown fedora and tropical shirt as he boarded a private plane, surrounded by Secret Service.
The device, identified as a Propaq MD Air Medical Bag, is used to monitor heart activity and deliver shocks in case of cardiac arrest. Clinton has a long history of heart problems, including a 2004 heart attack that required bypass surgery, a collapsed lung in 2005, and two stents placed later. In 2021, he was hospitalized with a urological infection that developed into sepsis.
Despite health issues, Clinton remains active. This summer he promoted The First Gentleman, his latest political thriller co-written with James Patterson. Born in 1946 in Hope, Arkansas, Clinton studied at Georgetown, Oxford, and Yale Law, where he met Hillary Rodham. He served as Arkansas governor before becoming the 42nd U.S. president from 1993 to 2001.
His presidency saw economic growth, welfare reform, NAFTA, and peace efforts abroad, though it was marred by the Monica Lewinsky scandal and his 1998 impeachment. Today, Clinton continues public work through the Clinton Foundation.