• Herman Cain was hospitalized in the Atlanta area with the coronavirus on Wednesday, according to a statement sent via his Twitter account on Thursday.
  • Cain was stable as of Thursday afternoon and had not required a ventilator.
  • Cain attended President Donald Trump’s indoor campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20th and was photographed seated in close proximity to several other attendees, none of whom, including Cain, were wearing face masks.
  • The 74-year-old former pizza restaurant executive was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in 2006, but beat significant odds by surviving the disease and becoming cancer-free.
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Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, was hospitalized with the coronavirus on Wednesday, according to a statement sent via his Twitter account on Thursday.

Cain was stable and not on a ventilator as of Thursday afternoon.

Cain attended President Donald Trump’s indoor campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20th and tweeted a photo of himself seated in close proximity to several other attendees. None of them, including Cain, were wearing face masks.

The 74-year-old former pizza restaurant executive was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in 2006, but beat significant odds by surviving the disease and becoming cancer-free.

In April 2019, Trump announced that he would appoint Cain, a contributor and host at conservative news outlet Newsmax, to serve on the Federal Reserve Board.

"He's a very terrific man, a terrific person," Trump said of Cain last year.

But Cain's path to the Federal Reserve was derailed by reports that at least two women accused him of sexual harassment while he led the National Restaurant Association, which paid out settlements to the women.

Cain denied the allegations of harassment and said he withdrew his name from consideration because the position's $183,100 salary would require him to take a significant paycut.

As a 2012 presidential candidate, Cain was best known for his "9-9-9" tax proposal, which featured a 9% income tax, a 9% federal sales tax, and a 9% business-transaction tax.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Cain's hospitalization.