{UAH} THE SENATOR'S FAMILY SPEAKS OUT ON TRUMP ATTENDING THE FUNERAL

John McCain Family Sources Dispute Reports He Asked Not to Have Donald Trump at Funeral

Susan Keating

August 27, 2018 02:33 PM

Despite Sen. John McCain and President Donald Trump‘s rocky history, the war hero and longtime politician did not prohibit Trump from attending his funeral, according to a McCain family source.

“John had a feud with the president, and it got pretty intense, but I never heard anyone in the family say John banned Trump, and he never said that to me,” the source tells PEOPLE. “John didn’t ban Trump. John could be spiteful, and he loved a good fight, but he wouldn’t do something like that.”

A second family source adds: “I didn’t hear John say it. But I wouldn’t be surprised if John didn’t want Trump there.”

Sen. McCain, who died of brain cancer at age 81 on Saturday, “will be laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland,” according to his official website, which notes the funeral schedule will be announced at a later time.

Before his death, Sen. McCain asked that former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush speak at his funeral, according to CBS News. The New York Times reported that two unnamed Republicans familiar with the funeral plans indicated former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have already been requested to offer eulogies, while Vice President Mike Pence — not President Donald Trump, who publicly disparaged McCain on numerous occasions — is expected to attend.

Meanwhile, former Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly speak at an Arizona service in Sen. McCain’s honor.

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