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Sources: Miller moved to hospice care
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Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., the longest serving leader of the Maryland Senate, has been moved to hospice, according to multiple sources.
The news comes less than a month after Miller held a news conference announcing he would step down from the Maryland Senate.
A spokesman for the family declined comment.
Miller served for more than three decades as the leader of his chamber and at the time was not only the longest serving Senate president in the history of the state but also in the country.
In 2019, Miller announced he was battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had metastasized to his bones. He continued to serve as president during that session while undergoing treatments in Baltimore.
By the end of the year, however, it became clear that his health battle was taking a toll. He announced 10 months later that he would not seek re-election as Senate president.
Miller continued to work while receiving treatment and serving as the first Senate President Emeritus, a position created for him and enshrined in the rules of the Senate.
But just before Christmas, Miller said it became clear he could not continue.
“I thought I could continue on,” Miller said in a Dec. 23 virtual meeting with reporters. “My mind is fine but the cancer is in all my bones. My body is wracked with pain and so as a consequence, physically, I am not able to do the job. I have no strength in my right side, and to be a state senator you gotta be available 24 hours a day mentally as well as physically able.”
