It isn’t the first time his health has raised eyebrows. Earlier this summer, he appeared frail at a New York event promoting the Clintons’ new book The First Gentleman. Video showed him carefully balancing as he greeted fans, while Hillary, polished in champagne-toned attire, signed autographs.

Clinton has never admitted to using a portable defibrillator, but his medical history is well-documented: a quadruple bypass in 2004, a collapsed lung in 2005, a coronary stent in 2010, and a serious infection in 2021. He was also hospitalized in December 2024 with a fever.