Bill and Hillary Clinton Visit Rev. Jesse Jackson at Chicago Hospital

Overview

• The visit took place Friday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, days after Jackson was moved out of the ICU.
• The Jackson family and Rainbow/PUSH say he remains in stable condition and under good care.
• Jackson is being treated for progressive supranuclear palsy after a prior Parkinson’s diagnosis was revised earlier this year.
• He is largely nonverbal but communicates with visitors by squeezing their hands, with relatives providing 24-hour care.
• The Clintons expressed support for Rainbow/PUSH’s ongoing work and for Jackson’s long-standing leadership on civil rights.