Jared Kushner reveals he battled thyroid cancer during his time as an adviser to Donald Trump

Kushner reveals the cancer diagnosis in his memoir, Breaking History: A White House Memoir, which is scheduled for release on August 23rd.

Kushner, the former senior aide to Donald Trump and husband of Ivanka Trump, revealed in his upcoming memoir that he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2019.

In his memoir, Kushner wrote that White House physician Sean Conley pulled him aside on Air Force One to tell him his test results from Walter Reed Medical Center.

The 41-year-old writes that he had to have surgery to remove a tumor in his throat.

Kushner learned about the cancer in October of 2019 during trade talks with China.

“As this high-wire act of trade talks with the Chinese progressed, I had to confront an unexpected and frightening personal problem,” Kushner writes.

“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,'” writes Kushner.

“The next morning, I told Ivanka what I knew. With as much confidence as I could conjure, I told her not to be concerned. Whatever this was, we would find a way to work through it.”

Kushner had the surgery right before Thanksgiving in 2019 and managed to keep his cancer diagnosis a secret.

Unbeknownst to Kushner, Trump was aware of the cancer diagnosis.

“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?’” Trump asked Kushner.

Kushner asked how Trump knew, to which he replied, “I’m the president. 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.”

Kushner said a large part of his thyroid was removed during the surgery, which came during tense negotiations with China about a trade deal.

Kushner was a lead negotiator in a US-brokered deal between Israel and several Arab countries in 2020.

He now runs global investment firm Affinity Partners, and has stepped away from politics for the time being.

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