Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman says the cancer he first started battling three years ago is at the most advanced stage and has spread to his lungs.

Coleman, who served recently as the chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition, announced the cancer’s return in a social media post. In October 2015, Coleman had surgery for tonsil and throat cancer, followed by a trial program of chemotherapy and radiation.

This year’s annual scan, doctors confirmed in a “sobering verdict” that the lesions in his lungs were cancerous.

JTA