Mitch McConnell hospitalized but receiving ‘excellent care,’ adviser says
Senator mitch McConnell (R-KY), aged 84, was hospitalized for unspecified reasons but is reportedly receiving excellent care. He had previously been hospitalized earlier this year with flu-like symptoms and has experienced multiple falls in recent years, attributed to leg stiffness from childhood polio. Following a fall in February 2025, McConnell announced his retirement but intends to complete his term ending in January 2027. During his transition toward retirement, he has notably distanced himself from President Trump, criticizing some of his policies and actions. In Kentucky, GOP Representative Andy Barr, who once interned for McConnell, secured the nomination to succeed him amid Republican debates over his potential successors.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on Sunday for unspecified reasons, but the 84-year-old senator’s adviser said he was receiving “excellent care.”
“Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning,” McConnell spokesman David Popp said in a statement. “He is receiving excellent care.”
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McConnell announced his retirement following a February 2025 fall that was caught on camera as he left the Senate chambers. He plans to finish out his term that ends in January 2027.
The seven-term senator had been admitted to the hospital earlier this year for “flu-like” symptoms. McConnell has experienced several falls in the past several years, but his office has often pointed to his leg stiffness as a result of childhood polio.
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McConnell has used his road to retirement to do something he had not previously had the opportunity to do: break with President Donald Trump. He has ripped Trump over the now-dead “anti-weaponization fund” and tariffs that the senator perceived as coziness with Russia.
Several Republicans were vying to succeed McConnell in the Bluegrass State, but Trump-backed Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), who once interned for McConnell, won the nomination.
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