WI: William Jefferson Blythe II lived

I can't say that I think too much would change beyond Bill III's last name. This is, relatively speaking, such a minor POD that any butterflies from it would be hard to accurately (or even semi-accurately) determine. Maybe his biological father would convince him to pursue a musical career for some reason, maybe he'd pressure him to follow in his own footsteps and become a salesman, or maybe he'd just support his son in his dreams of entering public service. There's not much way of knowing, and trying to extrapolate any changes from this would most likely just be complete guesses without anything to really back it up. But, then again, I can't say I know too much about Bill Blythe II, so maybe others who do would disagree.
 
Bill Blythe had started a job in Chicago and the family was planning on relocating. So "Bill Blythe III" would have been raised in the Chicago suburbs. Assuming his mother and father remain married, that'll likely affect his own upbringing and personality in various ways, as will growing up in the suburbs of a major city rather than small-town Arkansas. And if Bill decides to go into politics in adulthood, he won't be doing so in the small, parochial politics of Arkansas. That's going to make his political career likely more difficult and drawn out, and there's of course a good chance he won't actually get into the same positions.

So, short answer: lots of big changes -- easy to pinpoint what would have been different, but who knows how it would have all shaken out. Bill himself in his memoir said he mused to Hillary that his father not died, they'd have grown up just a few miles from each other - but through the vagaries of fate, may never have met.
 
Bill Blythe had started a job in Chicago and the family was planning on relocating. So "Bill Blythe III" would have been raised in the Chicago suburbs. Assuming his mother and father remain married, that'll likely affect his own upbringing and personality in various ways, as will growing up in the suburbs of a major city rather than small-town Arkansas. And if Bill decides to go into politics in adulthood, he won't be doing so in the small, parochial politics of Arkansas. That's going to make his political career likely more difficult and drawn out, and there's of course a good chance he won't actually get into the same positions.

So, short answer: lots of big changes -- easy to pinpoint what would have been different, but who knows how it would have all shaken out. Bill himself in his memoir said he mused to Hillary that his father not died, they'd have grown up just a few miles from each other - but through the vagaries of fate, may never have met.

If he still goes to Yale at the same time as Hillary Rodham the two probably meet at some point. But butterflies could mean they never get married. Or perhaps having a shared background makes their relationship stronger - which could potentially impact Bill's behavior with other women.

Now if Bill Blythe III goes into politics, he'd probably be a left of center Northern Democrat. He could get elected Illinois Governor in 1982; in OTL that race was decided by barely 5,000 votes.
 
A Democratic President from Illinois? Impossible.

More seriously, it's interesting to consider what Clinton's personality is with William Blyth as his dad. Blyth hadn't exactly had a stable personal life and was married 4 times by the time he died. However, it's pretty well established that Clinton had a really traumatic childhood because of Roger's persistent domestic abuse (including separate occasions of attacking Virginia with scissors and discharging a firearm in their house), chronic alcoholism, and multiple arrests. These incidents would easily be considered adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) which we're slowing learning can alter personality development, and lead to a ton of poor decision making and health problems later in life. It's just interesting to consider what his personality is like without these incidents.
 
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