The former US President George H.W. Bush is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with pneumonia.<br /><br /> His wife Barbara, the former first lady, has also been admitted to the same hospital as a precaution after experiencing fatigue and coughing – according to the ex-president’s office.<br /><br /> At 92, the father of George W Bush is America’s oldest living former president. He was taken to hospital on Saturday after being short of breath, a family spokesman has said.<br /><br /> He and his wife – who’s one year younger – celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary earlier this month.<br /><br /> George Bush senior was vice president during Ronald Reagan’s two terms in the White House in the 1980s. He was then elected to the presidency himself – a period which saw the first Iraq war – before losing to Bill Clinton in 1992 after one term.<br />
