John Fetterman checks into Walter Reed hospital to receive treatment for depression

• US Senator John Fetterman is currently at Walter Reed hospital receiving treatment for depression.
• In a statement, his office said Fetterman checked himself in on Wednesday night.
• The Pennsylvania Democrat is recovering from a stroke he suffered last May.

US Senator John Fetterman checked himself into a hospital last night and is currently being treated there for clinical depression, the Pennsylvania Democrat's office said Thursday.

Fetterman, elected last fall, is recovering from a May 2022 stroke that has impaired his ability to process speech.

In a statement, Adam Jentleson, Fetterman's chief of staff, said the senator has experienced depression "off and on throughout his life," but that it "became severe in recent weeks."