US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer

File photo shows US Senator John McCain attends a news conference at the Benjamin Franklin Library in Mexico City, Mexico December 20, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

WASHINGTON - US Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, a hospital statement said Wednesday.

The tumor was found after the 80-year-old Republican senator had a surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye in Phoenix.