'No more tears': Former Sen. Ben Sasse talks frankly about his terminal cancer diagnosis

Ben Sasse, who served Nebraska for eight years in the U.S. Senate, spoke openly this week about living — and dying — with cancer.

Ben Sasse, who represented Nebraska for eight years in the U.S. Senate, spoke openly this week about living — and dying — with cancer.

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Sasse, 54, announced in December that he was diagnosed with metastasized Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis he called “a death sentence.”

The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat interviewed Sasse for a podcast released Thursday on topics ranging from Sasse’s life in politics to the weight of his life-altering cancer diagnosis.