--- title: Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to Second Child, Son Aidan description: Chelsea Clinton—daughter of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton—gave birth to son, Aidan canonical: https://time.com/4374112/chelsea-clinton-son-birth-aidan-clinton-mezvinsky/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-18T16:42:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:20.650Z article:section: Politics og:title: Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to Son og:description: Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky was born Saturday og:url: https://time.com/4374112/chelsea-clinton-son-birth-aidan-clinton-mezvinsky/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0c2db2725f91d0e/6988987ae20a8742daa9147d/chelsea-clinton-baby-born.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Holds Primary Night Event In Brooklyn, New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to Son twitter:description: Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky was born Saturday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0c2db2725f91d0e/6988987ae20a8742daa9147d/chelsea-clinton-baby-born.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to Son Aidan, Her Second Child > Sponsored content. 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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Marc Mezvinsky and Chelsea Clinton greet Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a primary night event on June 7, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jun 18, 2016 4:42 PM UTC Chelsea Clinton—daughter of [presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4370997/hillary-clinton-children-ads/) and former president Bill Clinton—gave birth to a son, Aidan, on Saturday. [Chelsea Clinton](http://time.com/4150091/chelsea-clinton-campaigning-hillary/) announced the news in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/744195534588678144) Saturday morning, saying she and husband, Marc Mezvinsky, were “overwhelmed with gratitude and love.” The couple’s firstborn child, [Charlotte](http://time.com/3455640/charlotte-clinton-mezvinsky/), was born in September 2014 and will turn 2 this year. “We are overjoyed to be grandparents again with the arrival of our grandson, Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky,” Hillary and Bill Clinton said in a statement on Saturday, NBC News [reports](https://twitter.com/albamonica/status/744200010997239809). **Read more:** [Grandma Hillary Is a Double-Edged Sword in 2016](http://time.com/68296/hillary-clinton-chelsea-pregnant-2016/) “We are all over the moon as Chelsea and Marc welcome Charlotte’s little brother to the world and grateful for our many blessings. Chelsea and Aidan are both doing well and enjoying this very special time together,” the statement said. > [](https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/744195534588678144) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4374112/chelsea-clinton-son-birth-aidan-clinton-mezvinsky/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4374112/chelsea-clinton-son-birth-aidan-clinton-mezvinsky/"},"headline":"Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to Son Aidan, Her Second Child","datePublished":"2016-06-18T16:42:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:20.650Z","description":"Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky was born Saturday","url":"https://time.com/4374112/chelsea-clinton-son-birth-aidan-clinton-mezvinsky/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0c2db2725f91d0e/6988987ae20a8742daa9147d/chelsea-clinton-baby-born.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0c2db2725f91d0e/6988987ae20a8742daa9147d/chelsea-clinton-baby-born.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Holds Primary Night Event In Brooklyn, New York","caption":"Hillary Clinton Holds Primary Night Event In Brooklyn, New York","creditText":"Justin Sullivan/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4374112/chelsea-clinton-son-birth-aidan-clinton-mezvinsky/","name":"Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to Son Aidan, Her Second Child"}}]}] ```