Bill and Hillary Clinton have become grandparents after their daughter, Chelsea Clinton, gave birth to a daughter named Charlotte.
Chelsea Clinton announced the birth on Twitter. “Marc and I are full of love, awe and gratitude as we celebrate the birth of our daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky,” she posted.
The child was born on Friday, according to Clinton spokesman Kamyl Bazbaz, the Associated Press reported.
At the Clinton Global Initiative last week, both Bill and Hillary Clinton referenced the pending birth, as a very pregnant Chelsea Clinton took part in panels at the Sheraton New York in Midtown. Chelsea Clinton and her mother jointly announced the pregnancy in April, at an event held by the Clinton Foundation.
Bill Clinton has been enthusiastically discussing the grandchild in public appearances — he recently took advice on being a grandfather from former President George W. Bush. He is canceling an appearance at a Saturday fundraiser for Sen. Mark Udall and Gov. John Hickenlooper, both Colorado Democrats, the AP reported.
For Chelsea Clinton, 34, this is the latest chapter in a journey that took her from an adolescence under the media glare of her father’s White House, to Stanford, graduate school and Wall Street, and now to her family’s foundation, where she has taken on an increasingly visible role. The organization’s official name is now the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
She is married to Marc Mezvinsky, the son of former congresswoman Marjorie Margolies, who served for a time in the 1990s and this year lost a congressional comeback bid in Pennsylvania. The two both attended Stanford University, though their relationship took off several years after college. They got married in New York in July 2010 and live in Manhattan.
When Bill Clinton was president, Chelsea Clinton was generally kept out of the media’s reach, and until fairly recently, largely shied away from the spotlight. But this year she has made several high-profile appearances, often with her mother, and she served for about three years as an NBC News special correspondent (where for a time she earned $600,000 a year) until stepping down in August.
Clinton has also not ruled out running for office herself.
“Now I live in a city, in a state, in a country where I support my representatives at every level,” she has said. “…If at any point in time that stopped being true, where I had a question about their ethics or their competencies, and I thought I could make a disproportionately positive contribution in the political arena in the same way that I feel very grateful I can do now through the [Clinton] Foundation, I’d have to ask and answer that.”
But the news of Chelsea Clinton’s baby comes as most observers assume that Hillary Clinton will run for president. Hillary Clinton has said she wants to fully experience being a grandmother ahead of making a decision about her presidential plans
