John McCain wishes his wife Cindy a happy wedding anniversary

Senator John McCain has wished his wife a happy 37th wedding anniversary as he continues his battle with aggressive brain cancer.

The 81-year-old posted the anniversary message to his wife Cindy McCain on Twitter on Thursday.

Alongside a recent photo of the smiling couple, the Arizona Republican tweeted: ‘Happy 37th anniversary to my love. Time flies when you’re having fun!’

His wife posted her own throwback photo of the pair on their wedding day.  

‘Today @senjohnmccain and my 37th wedding anniversary. What an incredible and fascinating life we have had together,’ she wrote alongside the picture. 

The couple married in 1980 at the Arizona Biltmore hotel in Phoenix. They first met at a military reception in Hawaii the year before. 

McCain has been in his home state of Arizona for sometime as he recovers from brain cancer surgery. 

The couple’s anniversary celebrations comes a week a Cindy lashed at a White House official who mocked her husband’s illness in a closed-door meeting. 

His wife posted her own throwback photo of the pair on their wedding day, saying they’d had an ‘incredible and fascinating life’

McCain, pictured above in Washington in December, has been in his home state of Arizona of late as he recovers from brain cancer surgery

Special Assistant Kelly Sadler had made light of the Arizona senator’s terminal diagnosis saying McCain’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director ‘doesn’t matter’ because ‘he’s dying anyway’.

Cindy hit out with a stern tweet: ‘May I remind you my husband has a family, 7 children and 5 grandchildren.’ 

The senator has begun to talk publicly about planning his funeral and has pointedly said he doesn’t want President Trump to attend. 

Those close to the Republican have told the White House that their current plan is for Vice President Mike Pence to attend the funeral.