NEWSBill Clinton Looks Unrecognizable With Shaggy Beard and Long Hair in Throwback Photo Wife Hillary Shares for His 80th Birthday
Hillary Clinton shared a series of throwback photos in honor of Bill Clinton's birthday.
Aug. 19 2026, Published 6:04 p.m. ET
Hillary Clinton honored husband Bill with a plethora of groovy throwback photos for his 80th birthday on Wednesday, August 19.
The former Secretary of State, 78, took to her Instagram account to share retro snapshots of the ex-president, who looked unrecognizable in several of the pictures.
Bill Clinton Turned 80 on August 19
Bill Clinton rocked long brown hair and a shaggy beard in one throwback photo.
"Happy birthday, dear Bill. Eighty years in to your extraordinary life, I feel very lucky to have spent over 50 of them with you. Here's to more dancing, talking, and laughing together in the years to come," Hillary sweetly wrote alongside the gallery.
One photo from the 1970s featured Bill rocking long, brown shaggy hair and a bushy beard as he posed next to Hillary while holding a few books. The pair met in the spring of 1971 while they were both studying at Yale Law School.
Bill and Hillary Clinton Welcomed Daughter Chelsea in 1980
Chelsea Clinton was born in February 1980.
Another fun old school photo featured Hillary smiling alongside the Arkansas native as she wore a white babydoll dress while Bill donned a suit.
An additional shot pictured the two staring lovingly at their newborn daughter, Chelsea, whom they welcomed in 1980. The next photo in the carousel showed the happy trio smiling for photos during Christmas sometime in the early 1980s.
Hillary's blonde locks were straight and hit her shoulders, as Bill's thick dark brown hair was on full display.
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Bill and Hillary Clinton tied the knot in 1975.
Other photos featured the longtime couple grinning as they danced together. The two married in 1975 in a small and simple ceremony at their home in Fayetteville, Ark.
In a 2016 speech at the Democratic National Convention, the lawyer recalled the moment he wanted to ask Hillary out on a date.
"I turned red and she laughed that big laugh of hers, and I thought well, [expletive], since my cover's been blown, I just went ahead and asked her to take a walk down to the art museum," he remembered.
'We've built a lifetime of memories,' Bill Clinton said of his wife in 2016.
"We've been walking and talking and laughing together ever since and we've done it in good times and bad too – joy and heartbreak…We've built a lifetime of memories," Bill gushed.
"I married my best friend. I was still in awe after more than four years of being around her at how smart and strong and loving and caring she was and I really hoped that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career was a decision she would never regret," he said.
Bill gushed that his spouse was "the best darn change maker I ever met in my entire life."
