( CNN ) Former Vice President Walter Mondale was released from the Mayo Clinic on Saturday after being admitted with influenza , hospital spokeswoman Kelley Luckstein said . `` He 's doing well . We treated him for flu and cold symptoms and he was released today , '' she said . Mondale , 87 , was diagnosed after he went to the hospital for a routine checkup following a fever , former President Jimmy Carter said Friday . `` He is in the bed right this moment , but looking forward to come back home , '' Carter said during a speech at a Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis . `` He said tell everybody he is doing well . '' Mondale underwent treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester , Minnesota . The 42nd vice president served under Carter between 1977 and 1981 , and later ran for President , but lost to Ronald Reagan . But not before he made history by naming a woman , U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York , as his running mate . Before that , the former lawyer was a U.S. senator from Minnesota . His wife , Joan Mondale , died last year .
Walter Mondale was released from the Mayo Clinic on Saturday , hospital spokeswoman said . The former vice president is in good condition and has been discharged after a week of treatment, according to his office spokesman Jim Manley.