BREAKING NEWS: Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reveals she battled thyroid cancer and had surgery to remove it: Second Trump-era staffer to battle it after Jared Kushner
- Arkansas Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday she underwent surgery for thyroid cancer
- “During a checkup earlier this month, my doctor ordered a biopsy of a problem area in my neck, and the test revealed that I had thyroid cancer,” Sanders said.
- Sanders said the surgery took place earlier that day and was successful “and by the grace of God I am now cancer free.”
- Sanders thanked his doctors and nurses and said he plans to return to the campaign trail “soon.”
- Sanders’ diagnosis comes after another Trump-era White House official, Jared Kushner, announced he had been battling thyroid cancer while in D.C.
Arkansas Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that she has undergone surgery for thyroid cancer but plans to continue in her gubernatorial race.
“During a checkup earlier this month, my doctor ordered a biopsy of a problem area in my neck and the test revealed that I have thyroid cancer,” the former White House press secretary said in a statement. “Today I had a successful operation to remove my thyroid gland and surrounding lymph nodes and by God’s grace I am now cancer free.”
Sanders thanked his doctors and nurses and said he plans to return to the campaign trail “soon.”
Arkansas Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday she has undergone thyroid cancer surgery but plans to continue in her gubernatorial race
Sanders’ diagnosis comes after Jared Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a former senior White House adviser, revealed that he battled thyroid cancer while serving in the last administration.
Ivanka Trump’s 41-year-old husband wrote about his battle with cancer in Breaking History, a White House memoir that was published last month.
A doctor for Sanders told The Associated Press that he expects the gubernatorial candidate to be back on his feet in the next 24 hours.
After the surgery, Dr. John R. Sims said the former White House press secretary will need adjuvant radioactive iodine treatment and will need to be monitored long-term.
“I think it’s fair to say she’s now cancer-free, and I don’t expect any of this to slow her down,” Sims said.
Sanders is the daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who twice ran for the Republican presidential nomination.
She worked on her father’s presidential campaign before becoming an aide to Trump during his 2016 bid.
She became the White House Press Secretary in July 2016 following the resignation of Sean Spicer.
Sanders is in office until July 2019.
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