India, Dec. 23 -- Former Republican Senator Ben Sasse, who withdrew from public life last year to support his wife Melissa following her epilepsy diagnosis, has announced that he has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.

In a post on X on Tuesday, the former senator from Nebraska described his illness as "metastasized, stage 4 pancreatic cancer," stating that he is "gonna die."

"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."

Sasse's wife earned her degrees from the University of Alabama and George Mason University, and has previously served as a school teacher and guidance counselor.

In recent years, Melissa has encounte...