Jared Kushner reportedly wrote that he had thyroid cancer in 2019 while serving as a aide to his father-in-law, former President Donald Trump.
The 41-year-old Livingston, N.J., native said in an upcoming memoir viewed by Reuters that White House physician Sean Conley broke the news that he had screened positive and need surgery “right away.”
News of Kushner’s illness had not previously been disclosed. He said he had surgery to remove the growth shortly before Thanksgiving. Kushner, who’s married to the 45th president’s daughter Ivanka Trump, said the former commander-in-chief found out he was going in for surgery, much to Kushner’s surprise.
“I’m the president,” he said Trump told him. “I know everything.”
According to Kushner, part of his thyroid was removed during a period of trade negotiations with China.
The former president reportedly assured Kushner that he shouldn’t worry about work and that everything would work out.
Kushner married Ivanka Trump in 2009. They have three children. He’d worked as a real estate developer and newspaper publisher prior to entering politics. His many responsibilities in the Trump administration included diplomacy in the Middle East and advising on COVID pandemic response.
Kushner’s memoir, “Breaking History” hits shelves Aug. 23.
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