Former GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Reveals Stage-4 Cancer Diagnosis: ‘It’s a Death Sentence’

Former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with metastatic stage-four pancreatic cancer, candidly calling it “a death sentence.”

“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 wrote in a post on X.

“Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence. But I already had a death sentence before last week too — we all do,” he continued.

Sasse, who is just 53 years old, noted, “I’ve got less time than I’d prefer.”

But he also expressed his eternal hope, noting that he is a Christian.

“As a Christian, the weeks running up to Christmas are a time to orient our hearts toward the hope of what’s to come,” he wrote. (Read more from “Former GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Reveals Stage-4 Cancer Diagnosis: ‘It’s a Death Sentence’” HERE)

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