Jared Kushner, former US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2019 while he was serving as a presidential adviser and involved in discussions over a trade deal with China. The revelation appears in his new book, Breaking History: A White House Memoir, which is set to be published on Aug. 23.
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The New York Times, which published excerpts from the book on Monday, quoted Kushner as writing, "On the morning that I traveled to Texas to attend the opening of a Louis Vuitton factory, White House physician Sean Conley pulled me into the medical cabin on Air Force One. 'Your test results came back from Walter Reed,' he said. 'It looks like you have cancer. We need to schedule surgery right away.'"
Kushner notes in the book that while he did not tell Trump about the diagnosis, he found out anyway: "The day before the surgery, Trump called me into the Oval Office and motioned for his team to close the door. 'Are you nervous about the surgery?' he asked," Kushner wrote. "How do you know about it?" Kushner responded. "I'm the president," Trump replied. "I know everything. I understand that you want to keep these things quiet. I like to keep things like this to myself as well. You'll be just fine. Don't worry about anything with work. We have everything covered here," the NYT's excerpts said.
