Cindy McCain suffers a mild stroke and will take leave from World Food Program while recovering [View all]
Source: CNN Politics/AP
PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2025, 10:41 AM ET
NEW YORK AP - Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain and head of the UN World Food Program, suffered a mild stroke this week and is said to be recovering “well,” according to a press release Thursday from the humanitarian organization. The statement said McCain, 71, is expected to make a “full recovery” and will be traveling from Rome, where the WFP is based, to Arizona to focus on her recuperation.
She will return to her post after her doctors have cleared her in four to six weeks. “I want to thank the medical staff in Italy for the excellent treatment I received,” said McCain. “My recovery is progressing well thanks to their outstanding care.”
McCain was appointed in March 2023 to lead the world’s largest humanitarian organization after serving as US ambassador to the UN agencies for food and agriculture under former President Joe Biden. McCain broke with Republicans when she endorsed Biden for president in 2020, making her a key surrogate for the Democrat after now-President Donald Trump spent years criticizing her husband and his military service.
She has since become the face of the World Food Program, one of the few UN agencies that has received bipartisan support for its efforts to help nearly 150 million people confronting conflicts, disasters and impacts of climate change this year.
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