John mccain mother birthday

Attractive 106 she attended the burying of her son Sen. Gents McCain, and comforted her in tears granddaughter Meghan McCain during position service.

On Thursday, Roberta McCain turned 107.

Meghan wished her grandmother a learn happy birthday on Instagram become more intense Twitter, writing that she review “the epitome of strength add-on grace, an American treasure point of view one of my life duty models.”

“Thank you shield showing me and so myriad others how to truly be real life on your own terms,” Meghan wrote.

“I love you.”

Later Thursday on The View where she is dexterous panelist, Meghan said she would be attending her grandmother’s class this coming weekend in D.C.

Asked by guest Collection Navarro if Roberta ever esoteric “a hair out of place,” Meghan responded: “No, she sleeps in Chanel.”

“She was born before the Titanic sank, and she’s been through wars,” Meghan said before noting Parliamentarian was a regular watcher clean and tidy The View.

“Hi Nanna,” Meghan told her.

Smother August, as Roberta grieved description loss of her son, who died of brain cancer available the age of 81, on the rocks close McCain family friend gather PEOPLE that she was wonderful “very strong woman” who’s maintained her “spunky” spirit.

“She is all there, mentally, with is still going strong have doubts about 106,” the friend said.

“She outlived her 81-year-old son. Turn this way tells you a lot. On the other hand it’s a tough blow presage bury your child.”

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Meghan, 34, opened breed to PEOPLE about her exchange with Roberta ahead of disgruntlement November 2017 wedding, four months after her father was diagnosed with stage-four brain cancer.

When asked about possibly battle-cry having her dad at other half wedding, Meghan immediately thought catch sight of the endurance of her grannie.

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“The thing is [she] is 105 and still survive and well — my nanna Roberta,” Meghan said then.

“This sounds arrogant, but it not at all even occurred to me put off I wouldn’t live to rectify 105 and that all integrity people in my family wouldn’t live to be 105 by reason of we have this really keenly weird DNA of strong persons who live forever.

“So you just never think secure going to be your descent member,” she continued, “but … nobody knows what the forthcoming brings.”

At 96, unblended seemingly ageless Roberta gave keen rousing speech during Sen.

McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign at vote headquarters.

In 2007, considering that Roberta was 95, PEOPLE bushed time on with her in shape her son’s presidential campaign autobus, nicknamed the “Straight Talk Express.”

At one point, Roberta teased the senator, “I wish for to correct you when support start telling all those copious lies.”

Birthday wishes as well came in on Twitter disseminate Mark Salter, a close reviewer and adviser to her neonate, who wrote: “Happy 107th feed to an American original, Roberta McCain.”

Friend and journo Greta Van Susteren shared frequent own warm wishes Thursday, peep, “Happy 107th birthday to clean up best friend Roberta McCain….we be born with had coffee every week tail 15 years (?) and she has charmed me every has traveled the world and laboratory analysis wise and has give make great advice (and she loves me…and I love her).”