Mitch McConnell’s Docs Give Health Update About Elderly Senator

July 27, 2026 12:47 PM ET The Office of the Attending Physician (OAP) said Monday that Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was discharged from the hospital and undergoing daily physical therapy. McConnell’s office had been largely unresponsive about the senator’s condition and recovery after he missed 38 roll call votes since his June 14 hospitalization. The OAP released a statement saying McConnell is not “medically cleared” to return to the Senate while undergoing a “strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation.” “Senator McConnell continues his recovery from a fall at home in June,” the OAP said in a statement obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. “OAP physicians visit with the Senator every day, discussing all aspects of his rehabilitation care. Since his discha