Cindy McCain recently suffered a mild stroke, according to an Oct. 9 statement from the United Nations World Food Programme, which she heads.

McCain, 71, was expected to make a full recovery, the statement said.

"I want to thank the medical staff in Italy for the excellent treatment I received," she said in the statement. "My recovery is progressing well thanks to their outstanding care. I look forward to continuing my recuperation at home in Arizona with my family."

McCain planned to return to the World Food Programme's Rome headquarters after being cleared by doctors following a four-to-six-week absence, the organization said.

Her late husband, John McCain, was a U.S. senator for Arizona from 1987 until he died of brain cancer in August 2018. He was the 2008 Republican presidential n

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