India, Dec. 23 -- Former Senator Ben Sasse disclosed on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic pancreatic cancer.

The Nebraska Republican announced his health scare on X, detailing in an extensive social media post that he had received the diagnosis the previous week.

"Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it's a death sentence," the 53-year-old said. "But I already had a death sentence before last week too - we all do."

The two-term senator retired in 2023 and subsequently took on the role of president at the University of Florida. He later departed from the institution to dedicate more time to his wife, Melissa, following her epilepsy diagnosis.

After resigning as president, Sasse continued to instruct classes at t...