Will Roberts, 15, of Alabama, started treatment for osteosarcoma at Sarcoma Oncology in Santa Monica, Calif., May 5, 2026, after a viral video asking for help from President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reached them in time for the teen to get the treatment. Brittney Roberts/Facebook/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
A 15-year-old Alabama boy with stage 4 bone cancer has started what his family hopes will be a life-saving treatment in Southern California after pleading for help from the Trump administration in a viral video.
Will Roberts has been fighting “very deadly and very hard to treat” bone cancer, called osteosarcoma, that has spread all over his body since January 2025, he said in the video posted last month to his mother’s Facebook account.
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