President Trump receives heartbreaking news after making promise to teen battling cancer

By EMILY JOSHU STERNE, SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 21:25 BST, 14 May 2025 | Updated: 22:50 BST, 14 May 2025

A dying teen who dreamed of visiting the White House and meeting President Donald Trump has tragically died.

Last July, 17-year-old Justin Hylton was diagnosed with a germ cell tumor, a cancerous growth that forms from reproductive cells in the womb and causes cancer in the ovaries or testicles. 

The cancer had spread to his left lung, and the Georgia teen was given a 50 percent chance to live. 

In a plea to charity group Make-a-Wish Foundation, Justin asked if he could ‘chill in the White House’ with Trump once he finished his treatments.

While on the campaign trail last October, Trump responded to Justin’s request and promised to bring him to the White House for lunch.

The president said in his response video: ‘When you’re better, which will be very soon, you’re going to come to the White House and I’m going to be with you and we’re going to spend a lot of time together.

‘It’s going to be something special, so get better quickly because I really want to spend some time with you.’ 

Unfortunately, Justin’s mother Amanda Hylton announced this week that Justin passed away from his cancer before getting the chance to fulfill his wish. 

Justin Hylton, pictured here, died of a germ cell tumor last week at age 17. President Donald Trump had invited him to the White House once he finished treatment 

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She said in a TikTok video: ‘We are just so heartbroken that Justin didn’t get to go to the White House. 

‘If you happen to see this, President Trump, it would be an honor to have you at Justin’s funeral. 

‘He deserves to see you and meet you, even if he’s not here.’

Trump has not posted a response to Hylton’s request, though it’s unclear if he has reached out to the family privately. 

DailyMail.com has reached out to the White House for comment.  

In his promise to the teen, Trump said on his TikTok account: ‘We’re going to talk about the history of the White House and even the history of our government and the history of our country because I know you like that.

‘We’re going to have a good time. We’re going to have lunch and you’re going to bring your friends and your parents.’

Hylton said in her announcement of Justin’s death that he was ‘so excited’ to meet Trump. 

President Trump, pictured here this week during his visit to Qatar, promised Justin ‘you’re going to come to the White House and I’m going to be with you and we’re going to spend a lot of time together.’ It’s unclear if he has been in contact with the family

Justin died on May 10 after a month on a ventilator (pictured here) to help him breathe

Germ cell tumors form from germ cells, a type of reproductive cell that turns in the womb into eggs in women and sperm in men. 

They make up more than nine in 10 testicular cancers in men and one in four ovarian cancers in women. 

Experts estimate 10,000 boys and men are struck by testicular germ cell cancers every year and 600 die.

The main symptom is painless swelling or lump in one or both testicles, along with a feeling of heaviness or fullness in the scrotum and a dull ache in the lower abdomen or groin.

According to his family’s GoFundMe, the tumor in Justin’s lung was so ‘massive’ that it ‘relocated his esophagus and heart, collapsed his lung, and posed a threat to his airway.’

Justin died on May 10 after more than a month on a ventilator to help him breathe.

His mother wrote on GoFundMe: ‘I cannot be more grateful to have been Justin’s mother and wouldn’t change it for the world.’

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President Trump receives heartbreaking news after making promise to teen battling cancer

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