(Detroit News)
Melissa Nann Burke Feb. 6, 2019 11:05 a.m.
Washington — The family of former U.S. Rep. John Dingell said he is in hospice care after a cancer diagnosis, and they are requesting privacy.
The 92-year-old Dearborn Democrat was diagnosed a year ago with prostate cancer that had metastasized and Dingell decided not to treat it, a family member said Wednesday. He recently went into hospice care.
His wife, Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, said her husband is in relatively good spirits and even dictated a tweet on Wednesday because he didn't want to not respond to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.
"He is John Dingell. He is in charge. Ordering everyone around. Doing it his way," she said.
John Dingell was the longest-serving member of Congress when he retired in early 2015 after 59 years in office.
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