Politics | Mitt Romney Report: Mitt Romney Had Prostate Cancer Per a CNN source who says the prognosis is good By Newser Editors Posted Jan 8, 2018 1:49 PM CST Copied In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, Mitt Romney talks with reporters after eating dinner with then President-elect Donald Trump at Jean-Georges restaurant in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Mitt Romney's name has grabbed headlines lately on the heels of Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch's retirement announcement as a likely successor. Now, news of a different sort, by way of a CNN source who says the Republican was "treated surgically" for prostate cancer over the summer at UC Irvine Hospital in California. The unnamed source described the treatment as successful and the prognosis as "good." NBC News and Fox News say their sources confirm the story. Read These Next More details coming out about the last party the Reiners attended. First Australia victims lost their lives confronting the shooter. Trump's Reiner remarks were too much for some Republicans. An MIT nuclear science professor was fatally shot at his home. Report an error