Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) said Monday that her husband is in a hospital in its intensive care unit.
McCaskill wrote on Twitter that her husband, Joseph Shepard, is having issues with his heart that required him to be taken to the ICU, the Associated Press reported.
"My husband has a very big heart but right now not working very well," McCaskill tweeted Monday. "Currently in ICU. Thanks for your prayers in advance."
My husband has a very big heart but right now not working very well. Currently in ICU. Thanks for your prayers in advance.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 30, 2017
McCaskill's spokeswoman, Sarah Feldman, said Shepard is hospitalized in St. Louis, but she had no further details regarding what caused him to be hospitalized and what his current condition is.
The senator and millionaire developer have been married since 2002 and own properties together in a suburb of St. Louis and in Washington, D.C.