Presidents tend to be tightlipped about their pasts.
Bill Clinton has entirely dismissed that notion.
It was 1946 and his mother, then Virginia Blythe, was six months pregnant with him.
He wanted to see his wife after a long stretch of time away from home.
Per theWashington Post, something horrible would occur that rainy night.
One of his tires blew out, and he quickly lost control of the car.
“I grew up sort of subconsciously on his timetable,” the politician said.
“I never knew how much time I would have.
It gave me an urgent sense to do everything I could in life as quickly as I could.”
PerThe Miller Center, Clinton’s grandmother is described as a “temperamental and strong-willed disciplinarian.”
This proved to be a source of conflict between the two matriarchs.
He reportedly suffered abuse from his mother
Bill Clinton’s presidency was plagued by scandal after scandal.
“He was abused.
When a mother does what she does, it affects you forever,” Hillary revealed to Franks.
“You keep looking in all the wrong places for the parent who abused you.”
Unfortunately, the new man she married turned out to have some nightmarish behaviors and addictions.
Clinton marched into their bedroom and told Roger that his stepfather wasn’t going to hurt Virginia again.
It wasn’t the first altercation between the family members.
The silver lining to all this is that Bill has used years of trauma and abuse to help others.
His experience as a mediator was carried over into his years as president.
The former commander-in-chief also runs a successfulMasterClasson mediating conflict.
