Sept. 11 (UPI) — Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina was hospitalized Tuesday night, according to a statement for his office, after he reportedly collapsed during an event in the nation’s capital.
Wilson’s hospitalization was announced late Tuesday in a post to his personal X account.
Little information was given, other than the congressman had “taken ill” and was being evaluated at a Washington, D.C., hospital.
His son, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, said in a post to his own X account that he had spoke with his mother, who was at the hospital with the senior Wilson.
“Doctors have confirmed to us that he has experienced stroke-like symptoms,” Alan Wilson said.
“I was able to speak with him moments ago and I am incredibly thankful that he is stable and being monitored by medical professionals.”
The announcement from Joe Wilson’s office comes after he had collapsed Tuesday night during a Ukraine Independence Day celebration in Washington D.C., The Hill reported.
An unnamed congressional aid with knowledge of the incident also told NBC News that Wilson had collapsed during a D.C. event.
The 77-year-old Charleston native was first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2001, and is seeking re-election this November. He is being challenged for his 2nd Congressional seat by Democrat David Robinson II.
He also serves as a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
