Former Sen. Ben Sasse Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer

Sasse suggested he might pursue treatment.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) listens during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington on Sep. 27, 2018. Tom Williams/AFP via Getty Images

Benjamin Eric “Ben” Sasse, who served as the junior United States senator from Nebraska from 2015 to 2023, announced on Dec. 23 that he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Sasse has metastatic stage-four pancreatic cancer and was diagnosed last week, according to a social media post he wrote announcing the news.