Rep. Jerry Nadler will miss parts of President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial while his wife Joyce Miller undergoes treatment for pancreatic cancer.
“In December, following the House Judiciary Committee markup of the Articles of Impeachment against President Donald J. Trump, my wife was admitted to the hospital where she was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. She has undergone surgery and is taking further steps to address the spread of the cancer,” the New York Democrat shared in a statement on Sunday.
“On Monday, I will be in New York with her to meet with doctors, determine a path forward, and begin her treatment,” he added. “I am sorry to miss some of the Senate Impeachment Trial, which is of critical importance to our democracy.”
The House Judiciary Committee chairman plans to return to Washington, D.C., late Monday, and he expressed gratitude for “the support of my colleagues and staff as I take this time to be with my wife and begin the long fight against her cancer.”
During the House’s impeachment investigation, Nadler missed the last procedural step in the chamber’s process because Miller, an adjunct professor at Columbia University, was ill in December.
Nadler is one of seven House impeachment managers prosecuting the trial in the Senate, which they began last week with 24 hours of opening arguments laying out the case against the president. Trump’s legal team followed up with two hours of defense on Saturday.
He and Miller have been married since 1976 and share one adult son, Michael.
