Overview
- The Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition announced Wednesday night that Jackson is under hospital observation for PSP.
- Relatives had been providing round-the-clock care at his home in recent months before the hospitalization.
- Doctors at the Mayo Clinic confirmed PSP in April after years of Parkinson-like symptoms and an earlier Parkinson’s diagnosis disclosed in 2017.
- Jesse Jackson Jr. said his father currently cannot speak and struggles to keep his eyes open but communicates by squeezing visitors’ hands.
- Jackson retired as Rainbow/PUSH president in 2023 and continued limited public appearances, including at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.