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Hillary, Bill 'over the moon' about birth of newest grandchild

- (AFP)

WASHINGTON — Hillary and Bill Clinton welcomed the birth of their second grandchild Saturday, gushing that they are "over the moon."

"We are overjoyed to be grandparen­ts again with the arrival of our grandson, Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky, born on Saturday, June 18," the presumptiv­e Democratic presidenti­al nominee and her husband, the former president, wrote in a statement.

"We are all over the moon as Chelsea and Marc welcome Charlotte's little brother to the world and grateful for our many blessings," they added. "Chelsea and Aidan are both doing well and enjoying this very special time together."

Chelsea, 36, had announced via Twitter a short time earlier that she and husband Marc Mezvinsky had become parents to a baby boy.

"Marc and I are overwhelme­d with gratitude and love as we celebrate the birth of our son," she tweeted.

The former first daughter delivered at Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

She gave birth to her first child, daughter Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, in 2014.

Hillary Clinton has boasted about being a grandmothe­r as one of the achievemen­ts of which she is most proud.

"Until it happened to me, I just could not understand the impact," she was quoted as saying at a campaign event earlier this month.

"It is truly like falling in love all over again. There is nothing like it.

"It's transforma­tional and until you did it, it is hard to know," she added. "And it has for me been an absolutely life-changing experience."

Chelsea Clinton is the vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, a non-profit organizati­on founded by her father to address global health issues and other causes.

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