Former GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer

Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with terminal, stage-four pancreatic cancer.

Ben Sasse, 53, shared the news in a post on X, calling the diagnosis a “death sentence.”

“Friends — 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,” Ben Sasse wrote.

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