President Donald Trump says he’s “on it” after “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams asked for help amid his battle with cancer.
Adams, the creator of the long-running “Dilbert” comic strip that satirizes office life, said in an X post on Nov. 2 that he would ask the president “to help save my life” as he fights prostate cancer. “He offered to help me if I needed it,” Adams, 68, noted.
The cartoonist told followers he is “declining fast” and that his healthcare provider approved an application for him to receive Pluvicto, a drug the Food and Drug Administration has approved to treat advanced prostate cancer. But Adams said his provider allegedly “dropped the ball in scheduling the brief IV to administer it and I can’t seem to fix that,” leading him to request Trump’s intervention.
Scott Adams, cartoonist and author and creator of “Dilbert”, poses for a portrait in his home office on Jan. 6, 2014 in Pleasanton, Calif.
“I will ask President Trump if he can get Kaiser of Northern California to respond and schedule it for Monday,” Adams wrote. “That will give me a fighting chance to stick around on this planet a little bit longer.”
In a statement provided to USA TODAY, Kaiser Permanente said, “Mr. Adams’ oncology team is working closely with him on the next steps in his cancer care, which are already underway. Since it was approved by the FDA three years ago, Kaiser Permanente’s nuclear medicine and medical oncology experts have treated more than 150 patients with Lu-177 PSMA (Pluvicto) in Northern California alone. We know this drug and this disease.”
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Scott Adams poses with two “Dilbert” characters at a party on Jan. 8, 1999, in Pasadena.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to Adams’ post and revealed that the ask had already made its way to Trump.
“Scott. How do I reach you?” Kennedy wrote in an X reply. “The President wants to help.”
In a Truth Social post on Nov. 2, Trump shared a screenshot of Adams’ original X post and promised to get involved, writing that he is “on it!”
By Monday, Nov. 3, Adams wrote on X that he was “so grateful.” He also said in another X reply that he is “getting what I need now.”
Adams previously shared in May that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which spread to the bone. He shared news of his diagnosis shortly after former President Joe Biden revealed he is battling prostate cancer.
“My life expectancy is maybe this summer,” Adams said during a May 19 stream. “I expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer.”
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on Nov. 2, 2025.
In his May stream, Adams also said that while his diagnosis may come as a shock to fans, he has had time to process it.
“It’s kind of civilized that you know about how long you have, so you can put your affairs together and make sure you’ve said your goodbyes and done all the things you need to do,” he shared. “So if you had to pick a way to die, this one’s really painful, like really, really painful. But it’s also kind of good that it gives you enough time while your brain is still working to wrap things up.”
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