--- title: See Hillary and Bill Clinton's Political Romance in Photos description: Hillary and Bill Clinton married in 1975, spending much of their relationship in the spotlight canonical: https://time.com/4425444/dnc-hillary-clinton-bill-photographs-couple/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-27T01:55:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:40.935Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Hillary and Bill Clinton's Political Romance in Photos og:description: Much of the couple's 40 years of marriage has been in the spotlight og:url: https://time.com/4425444/dnc-hillary-clinton-bill-photographs-couple/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74e40d8a630f4a2a/69889f8f8e0601698f466e78/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-romance-dnc-photos-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rodham Clinton Gore og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Hillary and Bill Clinton's Political Romance in Photos twitter:description: Much of the couple's 40 years of marriage has been in the spotlight twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74e40d8a630f4a2a/69889f8f8e0601698f466e78/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-romance-dnc-photos-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary and Bill Clinton's Political Romance in Photos by [TIME Photo Department](https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Jul 27, 2016 1:55 AM UTC  Hillary Rodham Clinton sits on the lap of her husband, democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton left, as she jokes with vice presidential candidate Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, during a brief rest on their bus in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 26, 1992. Hillary Rodham Clinton sits on the lap of her husband, democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton left, as she jokes with vice presidential candidate Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, during a brief rest on their bus in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 26, 1992.Stephen Savoia—AP by [TIME Photo Department](https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Jul 27, 2016 1:55 AM UTC It may be the hardest job in politics: Gazing adoringly at your spouse. Husbands and wives of candidates at all levels of politics are routinely called on to smile blankly, applaud politely and sit upright while their spouses make stump speeches, watch election results and take oaths of office. In fact, much of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s 40 years of marriage has been spent in the political spotlight smiling, waving and opening their lives to the public eye. For [Bill Clinton, this marital ritual has special significance](http://time.com/4424928/dnc-democratic-convention-speakers/?iid=sr-link4), as he used to be on the other side of the equation. **Read More:** [_Read Bill Clinton’s Speech At The Democratic Convention_](http://time.com/4425599/dnc-bill-clinton-speech-transcript-video/) But over the past 16 years, Hillary Clinton ran for U.S. Senate, won re-election, ran for president, lost, served as Secretary of State and then[ ran for president again](http://time.com/4425337/dnc-hillary-clinton-female-nominee/?xid=homepage), so he’s had more than enough time to practice. As Bill and Hillary Clinton approach the possibility of being the first husband-and-wife team to be president after her nomination at the Democratic National Convention, TIME looks back at photos of their relationship in the spotlight. **Read More:** [_Bill Clinton Praises Hillary as the Best ‘Change-Maker’_](http://time.com/4425614/dnc-bill-clinton-speech/)  Hillary and Bill Clinton have been married 40 years— much of it spent in the political spotlight. Here, Hillary Rodham and Bill Clinton married at a small ceremony on Oct. 11, 1975 - present Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library  Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and wife Hillary Rodham hold their week-old baby Chelsea on March 5, 1980. Donald R. Broyles—AP  Former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton celebrate his victory in the Democratic runoff in Little Rock, Ark. on June 8, 1982. AP  Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton hugs his wife Hillary Clinton after she introduced him to well wishers at a downtown Chicago hotel, March 10, 1992. Ralf-Finn Hestoft—AP  Hillary Rodham Clinton sits on the lap of her husband, democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton left, as she jokes with vice presidential candidate Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, during a brief rest on their bus in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 26, 1992. Stephen Savoia—AP  Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton comforts his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton on the set of the news program '60 Minutes' after a stage light unexpectedly broke loose from the ceiling and knocked her down on Jan. 26, 1992. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images  President Bill Clinton dances with First Lady Hillary Clinton on stage on Jan. 20, 1993 in Washington. Eleven inaugural balls were held on the same evening in honor of President Clinton's election. Diana Walker—Liaison/Getty Images  President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton give each other a hug while playing golf at the Mink Meadows Golf Club on Martha's Vineyard Aug. 27,1993 in Massachusetts. J. David Ake—AFP/Getty Images  President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton cut vegetables at the Covenant Baptist Church in Washington, on Nov. 24, 1993. Doug Mills—AP  President Bill Clinton bikes with his wife, Hillary Clinton, during their vacation on Martha's Vineyard in 1994. Evan Richman—The Boston Globe/Getty Images  President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton drink Coca-Cola at Moscow's Coca-Cola refreshments plant on May 11, 1995. Greg Gibson—AP  President Bill Clinton puts an arm around his wife, Hillary Clinton, while watching Old Faithful erupt at Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on Aug. 25, 1995\. The first family visited several Yellowstone sites while on vacation. Doug Mills—AP  President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton share a moment during an East Room ceremony at the White House on July 17, 1996. Ron Edmonds—AP  President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton look at each other as they opened the White House Conference on Child Care Thursday Oct. 23, 1997 in the East Room of the White House. J. Scott Applewhite—AP  First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton visits President Bill Clinton on March 14, 1997 at Bethesda Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. after he underwent surgery on his knee. AP  First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, squeezes the chin of President Bill Clinton during the kick-off rally for The President's Summit in Philadelphia on April 27, 1997. Tim Shaffer—AP  President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton dance on the beach of Megan Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands shortly after taking a swim on Jan. 4, 1998. Paul J. Richards—AFP/Getty Images  First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton watches President Bill Clinton as he thanks Democratic members of the House of Representatives who voted against impeachment on Dec. 19, 1998, following the Lewinsky scandal. Susan Walsh—AP  President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton embrace during the New York State Senate luncheon on July 29, 2000 in New York City. Pablo Martinex Monsivais—AP  Senatorial candidate for New York and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton with husband President Bill Clinton pose for photos with the workers at Gianelli's Italian Sausages at the State Fair on Sept. 2, 2000 in Syracuse, N.Y. Tim Sloan—AFP/Getty Images  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and her husband former President Bill Clinton smile after she won her second term, during a rally held by New York Democrats, in New York, on Nov. 7, 2006. Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images  Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is hugged by her husband, former President Bill Clinton as he introduces her during a campaign rally in Louisville, Ky. on May 19, 2008. Elise Amendola—AP  Former President Bill Clinton and then Secretary of State-elect Hillary Clinton celebrate the beginning of the year 2009 during the ceremony to lower the Times Square New Year's Eve ball in Times Square on Jan. 1, 2009 in New York. Jemal Countess—Getty Images  Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband former U.S. president Bill Clinton embrace during a primary night event on June 7, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York after Hillary Clinton surpassed the number of delegates needed to become the democratic nominee. 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