Ben Sasse said he is receiving experimental cancer treatment in a new interview with 's Jake Tapper set to air on Sunday. In that interview, the former Nebraska U.S. senator also talks about the legacy he hopes to leave behind.
The interview comes after Sasse spoke to the Cornhusker Boys' State Class of 2026 in Lincoln on Friday, June 5, 2026. He answered questions from the boys for most of his hour talk, giving them a direct look at the way he is handling his illness while still speaking publicly about what he wants his name to mean.
Lincoln on Friday
Sasse spoke in Howard L. Hawks Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus and was elected as Governor of the Cornhusker Boys' State class of 1989. During the Friday appearance, Prajwal Mohan asked him a question, placing a student voice inside a session that stretched for most of an hour.
He also sang with Cornhusker Boys' State counselors in Lincoln before embracing a young man after the talk. Those moments were part of the same appearance that now connects to the Sunday interview, showing that his public schedule has included both the Boys' State event and the conversation with Jake Tapper.
Jake Tapper interview
The interview focuses on two subjects Sasse chose to raise together: his experimental cancer treatment and the legacy he hopes to leave. That combination leaves the central medical details unexplained even as he speaks openly about the fact of treatment and about how he wants to be remembered.
For readers following Sasse, the practical next step is the Sunday airing of the interview, which is the first place those comments are set to appear together. The talk in Lincoln already showed that he is willing to answer questions in public; the interview will carry that same discussion to a wider audience.
