By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-07-27 16:04:13 | Updated at 2026-08-10 14:24:45
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Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, released a new photo of himself and his wife Elaine Chao in an email late Monday morning.
But he has not spoken publicly since his hospitalization 44 days ago.
In the email, the Senator expressed regret that he could not attend a picnic in Western Kentucky this week.
'Senator McConnell continues his recovery from a fall at home in June,' an attached comment from his doctor said.
'Since his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation.'
The attached photo, dated Sunday, July 26, resembles a photo released two weeks prior amid widespread speculation about McConnell's health.
Though McConnell has not spoken publicly, several prominent figures have said they spoke with the Kentucky Senator over the phone.
Over the weekend, Senator Shelley Moore Capito told independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy that she had talked to someone who had visited McConnell and described him as 'clear-minded.'
McConnell (L) with his wife, former Cabinet Secretary Elaine Chao in a photo dated July 26
In an older photo, McConnell sits up in bed, holding the front of July 12's Washington Post sports section
Capito, a West Virginia Republican, said she would likely not visit McConnell herself until he asked for visitors.
