Jack Schlossberg is reflecting on losing his sister, Tatiana Schlossberg, who died in December at age 35 after battling cancer.
Schlossberg, who’s currently running to represent New York’s 12th congressional district in the House of Representatives, recently spoke with Vanity Fair, where he discussed how he hasn’t processed his sister’s death.
“I don’t think I’ll ever process it. I don’t think I’ll ever,” he said. “The world will never be the same for me, not only since she passed away but since she was diagnosed with cancer about two years ago.”
Schlossberg added, “She was my best friend. We could finish each other’s sentences. And no one loved me or was a bigger fan of me of anyone else than my sister. So I miss her all the time. Every day I think about her. But it also really does motivate me to do everything I can with every waking moment I have, because I realize it could have just as easily been me, and I have an obligation to her, not just to myself, to make the most out of my precious life and all that I’ve been given in this life to give back to others and make sure that we can fund cures for the type of cancer that took her life and for other types of cancer.”
He went on to say that the tragedy has made him focused on making the most out of his life, especially when it comes to following in his family’s footsteps and pursuing politics.
