( CNN ) -- Nine months could be winding down to the last nine days . In an interview that aired Sunday , former President Bill Clinton gave the closest clue yet as to when to expect the former first family 's first grandchild . `` I hope by the first of October , I 'll be a grandfather , '' Clinton told On CNN 's `` Fareed Zakaria GPS . '' To date , the Clintons have been tight-lipped about news regarding the pregnancy of their daughter Chelsea Clinton , but they have n't been shy about sharing their excitement . `` I ca n't wait , '' Clinton told Zakaria . `` We 're on watch now . '' His wife , former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , says she 's been thinking a lot about the upcoming new addition to her family . `` Now I 've been thinking a lot about family because you know I 'm on 'grandbaby watch ' and I think a lot about this new member of our family and what he or she can look forward to , '' Clinton said at a women 's event Friday . `` And I am well aware that we will do everything possible to prepare this child , to protect this child . But I want that for everybody 's child and everybody 's grandchild . I want every one of our children to feel that they are inheriting the best of America , that they have the chance to do what I believed was possible for me and what my husband believed was possible for him and what we instilled in our daughter that really this country is on your side . `` This country will give you the fighting chance , the fair show you deserve to have . This country will give you the level playing field . So whether you 're the grandchild of a president , or the grandchild of a janitor , whether you 're born in a city or in a small rural village -- No matter who you are , you have the right to inherit the American dream . '' Asked whether he cared if the baby was a boy or a girl , Clinton gave a hard `` no . '' Neither he nor the baby 's parents know the baby 's gender , he says . `` I do n't know , '' Clinton said . `` My daughter and son-in-law decided not to know . They want to be surprised . '' Chelsea Clinton announced her pregnancy at an event alongside her mother on April 17 . Assuming that she made the traditional three-months-along announcement , the birth is expected to occur sometime this month . Chelsea Clinton baby watch : What we know .
Former President Bill Clinton gives a hint about his grandchild 's due date . The Clintons have been tight - lipped about the pregnancy of their daughter , Hillary Clinton . Bill Clinton says he does n't care if it 's a boy or girl .