<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday afternoon to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC, where he is undergoing testing and observation after developing a fever, his spokesman told CNN.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The president is fine," Angel Urena, deputy chief of staff to Clinton, told CNN in an interview, adding the former president is hopeful to be home by Christmas. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He remains in good spirits and deeply appreciates the excellent care he is receiving."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/king-charles-to-break-with-tradition-in-annual-christmas-message/630bb0d6-aab5-4fc5-b859-b88b412c4429"><strong><span>King Charles to break with tradition for 2024 Christmas message</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Clinton, 78, was at his home in Washington when he was taken to the hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former president had quadruple bypass heart surgery in 2004 and had two stents inserted to open an artery in 2010. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was hospitalized in 2021 for an infection that spread to his bloodstream.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/former-president-bill-clinton-is-in-the-hospital-after-developing-a-fever-spokesperson-says/a4ffd068-29cc-4768-be3b-507b19d471b8" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Clinton was active on the campaign trail this fall and has kept a robust travel schedule since the election with the release of his new book, "Citizen: My Life After the White House."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come ...</span></em></div></div>