Bill and Hillary never seem to completely leave the political landscape. But now he’s in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Because this photo of Bill Clinton is raising eyebrows nationwide.
Nose Bandage Raises Eyebrows at Marathon
Former President Bill Clinton, ever the showman, turned up at Sunday’s New York City Marathon finish line with a conspicuous bandage plastered over the tip of his nose—hugging daughter Chelsea, 45, a serial marathoner who finished in an unofficial 4:12:37, while wife Hillary looked on.
The 79-year-old, whose health has long been a source of speculation after last year’s fever and dehydration scare that landed him in the hospital, offered no explanation for the odd injury.
A Post reporter saw him slip into a black van under heavy NYPD guard, departing via the marathon’s VIP exit near Central Park’s West Drive.
A Clinton rep dodged comment.
Fading Spotlight, Lingering Questions
The Arkansas Democrat has largely vanished from public life since President Trump’s January return to power—after spending 2024 stumping for Kamala Harris in swing states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, and delivering a last-minute, energy-fueled speech at the Chicago DNC once Biden bowed out.
He still chimes in occasionally, like congratulating NYC Democratic Socialist mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani on his June primary win—where Mamdani upset establishment favorite Andrew Cuomo—or weighing in on the shaky Israel-Hamas truce, praising the 30-day ceasefire extension brokered in Doha.
Clinton likes to remind people he’s technically younger than Trump (by two months, born August 19, 1946) and Biden (by three years)—second only to Obama among living ex-presidents.
This summer, he was spotted toting a portable defibrillator bag in the Hamptons, a quiet nod to his fragile ticker, which has required medical intervention in three different decades.
A Long Trail of Health Alarms
Clinton’s medical file reads like a cautionary tale.
- 2004: quadruple bypass at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for arteries clogged over 90%.
- 2005: surgery for a partially collapsed lung following fluid buildup.
- 2010: open-heart procedure with two drug-eluting stents for a blocked coronary artery.
- 2021: six-day sepsis-related hospitalization at UC Irvine Medical Center during the COVID surge.
- 2024: brief ER visit in Little Rock for dehydration after a speech in rural Arkansas.
Yet there he was, bandaged and beaming—proof, perhaps, that the old political instinct never quite retires.
