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The South Carolina Republican was Ukraine's most influential champion inside President Trump's mostly "America First" political orbit.
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He died from "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.
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The Republican senator denied that he had suffered a heart attack and said he had left the hospital and moved to a physical rehabilitation center. He did not give a timetable for returning to Capitol Hill.
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By the standards of the aging Senate, where the average age is more than 65, the South Carolina Republican wasn't particularly old.
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