Doug McCain, eldest son of John McCain, dead suddenly at 66

FOX News ^ | May 24, 2026 | By Eric Mack

[ConservativeStatement]

Meghan McCain and her family are mourning the sudden death of her stepbrother, Douglas Shepp McCain, the eldest adopted son of late Sen. John McCain. He was 66.

Doug McCain died Wednesday, according to his funeral home obituary, which did not disclose the cause of sudden death.

[marron]

Funny. 66 seems awfully young to me now.

Don’t know anything about him but RIP.

[Blue Highway]

If McCain was still alive he’d be 90

[PGalt]

Condolences to family and friends of Doug McCain.

[laconic]

I read where he held the family record with three holes in one at golf. That alone is a great accomplishment.

[delchiante]

Was he a Steele Dossidiot traitor like his dad, or just traitor adjacent?

[ConservativeStatement]

Out of curiosity, I checked a list of living presidential children: Lynda Bird Johnson Robb is 82.

The oldest male child? GWB.

[delta7]

Another MRNA Covid vax victim?

[ronniesgal]

I never heard of the 2 sons he adopted when he was married to poor Carol.

[Nateman]

The day I heard Senator McCain died I celebrated. Death was about the only way Arizona was going to be able to flush this Rino.

[vaskypilot]

This son was an airline pilot. He kept out of the spot light.

[KevinB]

A Navy pilot like his father, Doug will be remembered as a patriot ...

It's a shame the same can't be said for his old man.

[PAR35]

That “Sudden Death Syndrome” seems to be getting around these days.

[Buttons12]

His grandma made it to 108.

[stars & stripes forever]

IMO, the jab is hitting a lot of 60s.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I don’t want to say it was the vaxx but.....

[CatOwner]

I don’t want to say it was the vaxx but.....

We need a modified Giorgio alien meme.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

"which did not disclose the cause of sudden death"

Curious how I keep reading about people dying and the cause of death is not disclosed. Wonder why that is...

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

"which did not disclose the cause of sudden death"

Curious how I keep reading about people dying and the cause of death is not disclosed. Wonder why that is...

[napscoordinator]

Must be so proud. His replacement is 1 million times worse. I don’t understand people like you at all.

During Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2018), Senator John McCain generally supported the Republican agenda, voting with the administration 83% of the time,

Now trump gets zero votes from the dimwitted Democrat that replaced him.

Maybe you secretly like that.