Bob Dole announces stage four lung cancer diagnosis

Published February 18, 2021 3:33pm ET



Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

The 97-year-old Republican, a war hero who ran unsuccessfully as the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, announced he was “recently” diagnosed with stage four lung cancer on Twitter Thursday morning.

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