JB Pritzker talks about his weight-loss journey using GLP-1 medication, responds to question about possible presidential run

September 21, 2026 / 11:14 AM EDT / CBS News

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker revealed to "CBS Mornings" that for the last two years he has been using a GLP-1 medication to lose weight.

In an interview broadcast Monday, Pritzker said he's lost 80 pounds so far and he feels "a whole lot different and a whole lot better."

"I've been overweight most of my life, really, since I was probably 7 or 8 years old," Pritzker said.

That was around the time his father Donald died of a heart attack at 39.

"He was actually quite an active person, even though he was overweight, and so he was on a tennis court and had a heart attack, and my mother was there, and he died in her arms," Pritzker said.

Given the family history, Pritzker said he's always kept an eye on his own blood work, but he acknowledges that the high-pressure job of being the governor of the country's sixth-largest state led him to put on even more weight, which forced him to put up with unwanted attention.

"Pritzker, I don't know, he's too busy eating," President Trump said in 2024 on the campaign trail. "He wants to…

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