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little bill Bill Clinton was born as William Jefferson Blythe IV. Clinton was born in 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. His father, William Jefferson Blythe III, died three months before he was born. Bill's mother married Roger Clinton when Bill was four years old. When Bill was seven, they moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Bill grew up having to live with a small family.  Needing to find a way to support herself and her new child, Bill Clinton's mother, Virginia Cassidy Blythe, moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, to study nursing. Bill Clinton stayed with his mother's parents in Hope