Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersOutrage erupts over Breonna Taylor grand jury ruling Dimon: Wealth tax 'almost impossible to do' Grand jury charges no officers in Breonna Taylor death MORE (I-Vt.) had a small basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer, removed from his cheek on Thursday, according to a statement first reported by The Associated Press.

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Sanders’s office said the hourlong outpatient procedure was done on Thursday and that the senator returned to work afterward and later traveled back to Vermont, according to the statement from Sanders's office.

On Wednesday evening, the former Democratic presidential candidate stumped for Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) for DNC chair at the American Federation of Teachers headquarters in Washington, D.C.