Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham marry

Bill and Hillary met in 1972 when they were both studying law at Yale University; the two also worked on George McGovern’s presidential campaign in 1972. After they married, they returned to Arkansas, where Bill immersed himself in state politics and practiced law until he decided to run for governor in 1978. Clinton won and at 32, became the youngest person ever to hold state governor’s position. In 1992, he ran for president against Republican incumbent George H.W. Bush. He won, becoming, at age 46, the youngest president since John F. Kennedy, who took office at age 43.

Clinton’s two terms, which ran from 1993 to 2000, were plagued by one political scandal after another. In 1998, he became the second president ever to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The impeachment trial was the result of a years-long slew of scandals involving the president and first lady, which included investigations into allegedly unethical Arkansas real-estate deals, suspected fundraising violations, allegations of sexual harassment and accusations of cronyism. That all culminated in the now infamous revelation of the president’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. President Clinton’s attempt to cover up the affair led House Republican leaders to begin an impeachment process for perjury and obstruction of justice against the president. A sharply divided House of Representatives voted to impeach Clinton on December 19, 1998. The decision then passed to the Senate, where a five-week trial was held for the impeachment charges: abuse of power, perjury to a grand jury, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. Although Clinton admitted to having had a relationship with Lewinsky, he was acquitted on February 12, 1999.

Hillary, both during Clinton’s first presidential campaign and during her time as first lady, earned the ire of conservatives for her strong opinions and extensive involvement in public policy. Refusing to, in her words, "stay home and bake cookies," Hillary devoted much of her first lady tenure to lobbying for universal health care. When the president’s extramarital affair was exposed, many expected Hillary and the president to divorce. She didn’t, though, and instead accused certain factions of the political right of having engaged in a "right-wing conspiracy" in their efforts to unseat her husband. As Clinton’s presidency came to a close, Hillary began to position herself for her own political career.

In 2001, the Clintons moved to Chappaqua, New York, a suburb of New York City. While Bill embarked on a new career in international diplomacy consulting and humanitarian work, Hillary ran for and was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York. She lost her bid for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 as a result of an especially fierce primary race with then-Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. In 2009, Obama appointed her as the 67th secretary of state, a position she held for four years. After leaving office, Hillary announced her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. She won the nomination, but ultimately lost to Donald Trump in the Electoral College.