Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesJoe Jackson has been hospitalized in L.A., but son Jermaine Jackson says the famous family patriarch is on the mend.
"My father is doing much better," Jeremiah told a TMZ photographer over the weekend after Joe, 87, was admitted to the hospital after coming up for a just a checkup with his doctor. Per TMZ, Joe had been suffering from a high fever prior to his hospitalization.
Other than that, though, Jeremiah said Joe wasn't suffering from any particular illnesses but was instead "just tired."
"He's 87," Jeremiah said. "Listen, my father's very strong. He's up there telling jokes, and he's very strong. He's doing fine."
As for the family? "We're all holding up well," Jeremiah told TMZ. "We're just making sure to hold on to him as long as we can. That's what's most important."
Joe was hospitalized last July after suffering a stroke while on vacation in Brazil. Prior to that, the father of 11 suffered from another non life-threatening stroke in 2012.
In other Jackson family news, Janet is expecting her first child. Watch the video below for more information about her baby announcement.
—Reporting by Lindsay Good