Nick Clegg’s teenage son was told that he had a rare form of blood cancer last year, the former deputy prime minister and his wife said yesterday. Mr Clegg and Miriam González said that Antonio, 15, had chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma. The couple spoke frankly of their son’s “very brutal” battle with the disease. The couple spoke of their eldest son’s illness on the ITV show Lorraine. Mr Clegg, who was leader of the Liberal Democrats in 2007-15 and lost his Sheffield Hallam seat in June, said that his son was in remission after several cycles of…

Source: The Times September 13, 2017 11:15 UTC