Former Sen. Bob Dole Diagnosed With Stage 4 Lung Cancer

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth Dole wait as President Donald Trump arrives to participate in the Armed Forces Welcome Ceremony in honor of the Twentieth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at Summerall Field, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., on Sept. 30, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Bob Dole, a former Republican presidential candidate and longtime U.S. senator from Kansas, says he’s been diagnosed with lung cancer.

“Recently, I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer,” Dole said in a statement released on Feb. 18.