House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has been arrested for drunk driving.

Paul Pelosi was stopped intoxicated by the police on Sunday night in the state of California, several US media reported on Sunday (local time).

This also emerges from a listing of the local police in Napa County on recent arrests.

The 82-year-old was arrested shortly before midnight and released on bail a few hours later.

The news site "The Hill" quoted a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi (82) as saying that the Democrat did not comment on the "private matter".

She was not in California at the time, but on the US East Coast.

Nancy and Paul Pelosi have been married for almost 60 years.

The two have five children together.

Paul Pelosi is a wealthy businessman, while Nancy Pelosi is one of the most powerful politicians in the country: As Chair of the House of Representatives, she is currently number three in the state, after US President Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris.