Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse is opening up about his battle with stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer. "In mid-December, I got a three-to four-month life expectancy, and I'm at day 99 or something since then, and I'm doing a heck of a lot better than I was doing at Christmas," Sasse, 54, told interviewer Ross Douthat in an article published by The New York Times on Thursday, April 9. The politician reflected on his diagnosis late last year, revealing that he is cherishing whatever time he has left after overcoming the initial shock.