Former Sen. Ben Sasse Announces He Has Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer

Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, who became known for breaking party ranks to criticize President Donald Trump and voted to convict him during his second impeachment trial, shared on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

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“This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die,” Sasse said in a post on X.