<p><a href="https://foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/kentucky" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kentucky</a> Gov. Andy Beshear said this week that he received two calls from agencies suggesting Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., died while he was in the hospital.</p><p>In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF3Yao2KZWI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">an interview</a> with Katie Couric uploaded to YouTube on Thursday, Beshear, a Democrat, did not specify which agencies allegedly called him with the news or when the calls were made.</p><p>"In fact, I'd gotten two calls from different agencies, not state agencies, suggesting he'd passed," said Beshear, who has served as <a href="https://foxnews.com/category/politics/state-and-local/governors" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">governor</a> since December 2019.</p><p>Fox News Digital reached out to Beshear and McConnell's offices for comment.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/somebody-needs-do-something-gop-senators-split-tuberville-demands-mcconnell-answers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>GOP SENATORS SPLIT AS TUBERVILLE DEMANDS MCCONNELL ANSWERS</strong></a></p><p>After nearly a month of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/health-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">being hospitalized</a>, McConnell's office released a lengthy statement on July 12 saying he was being treated for a fall he suffered in June. A picture of him in a hospital bed alongside his wife was also released.</p><p>Prior to the announcement, there was speculation about what had happened to McConnell, given that his office did not reveal why he was in the hospital for weeks.</p><p>Emergency dispatch audio from June 14, the day McConnell was hospitalized, revealed he was "unconscious" and may have suffered a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">heart attack</a>.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.com/politics/this-not-normal-aoc-unloads-mcconnells-prolonged-absence" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>'THIS IS NOT NORMAL': AOC UNLOADS ON MCCONNELL'S PROLONGED ABSENCE</strong></a></p><p>"My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion," McConnell said in the statement last weekend. "I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages."</p><p>Two days before the longtime GOP leader shared more about his condition, Beshear posted on social media <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-governor-escalates-mcconnell-health-demands-cites-response-past-trump-health-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">demanding that McConnell be more transparent</a>.</p><p>"I publicly and privately urged the last administration to address the public’s concerns with the former president’s health," Beshear wrote, seemingly a reference to former President Joe Biden. "I’m calling on Sen. McConnell to do the same and provide voters an update on his own health."</p><p>Beshear ended the post by urging McConnell to "end the crazy speculation" and "just tell us what's going on."</p><p>On July 8, Beshear also wrote a letter to the 84-year-old lawmaker requesting that he "fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status of your health."</p><p>McConnell's doctor said he "developed pneumonia" early in his hospitalization but "responded rapidly to antibiotic treatment."</p><p>McConnell said he intends to return to the Senate, but his office has given no timeline on when he'll be able to do so.</p>
