Chelsea Clinton Announces She Is Pregnant
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Chelsea Clinton is having a baby.
Clinton, 34, daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, made the announcement at a women's event on the Lower East Side hosted by the Clinton Foundation.
Clinton said she and husband Marc Mezvinsky, are "very excited'' to be having their first child later this year.
The former first lady also said she's "really excited'' about becoming a grandmother and it makes the work of empowering future generations even more important.
"My most exciting title yet: Grandmother-to-be," Clinton said in a tweet.
My most exciting title yet: Grandmother-To-Be! @billclinton and I are thrilled that Chelsea and Marc are expecting their first child!
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 17, 2014
Earlier this week, Clinton discussed the possibility of running for public office someday, and said she's happy right now with her elected representatives, but might come for their jobs if that changes.
She told Fast Company magazine that she has always denied any interest in running for office.
Marc and I are so thrilled to be expecting our first child in the fall! Thank you for all of the kind words!
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 17, 2014
"The answer was just a visceral no,'' she said. "Not because I had made any conscientious, deliberate decision, but since people had been asking for as long as literally I could remember, it was no.''
Working up a Top 10 List of things to do in retirement for @Letterman. Congrats to you & @StephenAtHome for keeping us laughing & thinking.
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) April 12, 2014
Besides, said Clinton, a Manhattan resident, "I live in a city and a state and a country where I support my elected representatives.''
But she said that if she became dissatisfied with "my mayor or my city councilwoman or my congresswoman or either of my senators'' she might have to rethink the question of going into politics.
"Maybe then I'd have to ask and answer the question for myself, and come to a different answer,'' she said.
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