Cindy McCain suffers a mild stroke and will take leave from World Food Program while recovering
October 9, 2025
Cindy McCain has suffered a mild stroke this week and is said to be recovering well. That is according to a press release issued Thursday by the U.N. World Food Program, which she oversees. 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. McCain was appointed in March 2023 to lead the world’s largest humanitarian organization after serving as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. agencies for food and agriculture under former President Joe Biden.