An American politician, Bill Clinton served as the 42nd president of the United States. Born in Hope, Arkansas on August 19, 1946, Clinton studied at Yale Law School and eventually became the governor of Arkansas.
Clinton ran for president in 1992, even though it seemed unlikely that he'd win. He was a Democrat, and the Republicans had held the White House since 1981. On top of that, the popularity of the incumbent president, George H.W. Bush, had soared after the U.S. victory in the first Gulf War.
But Clinton was unlike any candidate that Americans had seen in recent years. He tried to come across as warm, charming, and cool. In June 1992, he famously went on The Arsenio Hall Show and played the saxophone.
However, the American public also got to know Clinton's dark side. His presidential campaign was hounded by accusations that he'd dodged the draft during the Vietnam War and that he'd had an extramarital affair with an Arkansas state government worker named Gennifer Flowers.
Though Clinton soared to victory over Bush, more scandals followed him to the White House. Shortly after he took office, an independent counsel began to investigate a land deal Clinton had made known as "Whitewater."