Former GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he has stage-four pancreatic cancer
washington — Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he has stage four pancreatic cancer.
53-year-old Sasse announced his diagnosis in xHe says it’s a “death sentence.”
“Friends – This is a difficult note to write, but since many of you are starting to suspect something, I am going to pursue it: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage four pancreatic cancer and I am going to die,” he wrote.
Sasse represented Nebraska in the U.S. Senate from 2015 to 2023, before resigning. be president from the University of Florida. HE resigned He was dismissed from this position in July 2024, citing his wife’s health problems. He and his wife Melissa have three children.
“This is hard for someone who is ready to work and build, but it is even harder as a husband and father,” Sasse wrote in his post.
“It’s not a good time to tell your peeps that you’re marching to the beat of a faster drummer right now – but advent season isn’t the worst,” Sasse added. “As a Christian, the weeks leading up to Christmas are a time to turn our hearts to hopes for the future.”
File photo: Republican Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska during a Senate hearing on April 27, 2021. / Credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
In the Senate, Sasse, a conservative, has at times criticized Mr. Trump, even though he is aligned with the Trump administration on many policies. sasse Voted “guilty” At Mr. Trump’s impeachment trial. January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, he joined six of his Republican colleagues, but the votes fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for conviction.
Born in Nebraska, the son of a high school teacher and football coach, Sasse attended Oxford University and St. He earned a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard before studying at St. John’s College. He received his doctorate in history from Yale University.
Sasse’s former colleagues in Congress expressed sadness at the news.
“Thanks for reminding us, Ben, it’s not how long we live, it’s how we live,” Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas wrote.
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