In a statement from his wife Cindy McCain and a news release from the Arizona senator's office, it was announced Saturday evening the John McCain had lost his battle with glioblastoma.
Jake Stoneking, a 19-year-old from West Linn, Ore., has medulloblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer.
He was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 14 and started receiving treatment. It appeared as though he had beaten it, but then the cancer came back with a vengeance and the prognosis isn't good.