Alabama boy battling cancer lands experimental drug after posting secret viral video that drew Trump response

An Alabama lad with an highly uncommon and assertive signifier of bony crab has completed his 2nd week of experimental attraction aft a heartfelt video plea secretly posted to his mother’s Facebook relationship went viral and captured the attraction of President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Fifteen-year-old Will Roberts recorded the video connected April 22 aft reaching what his household described arsenic a breaking constituent successful his 16-month conflict with signifier 4 osteosarcoma. The crab had already dispersed passim his body, yet starring to the amputation of his leg.

In the affectional plea, Will asked for assistance accessing DeltaRex-G, a difficult-to-obtain experimental cistron therapy that helium believed could beryllium his past chance, aft accepted therapies and aggregate surgeries failed to halt the cancer’s progression.

His household said Will recorded the video not lone for himself, but to assistance easiness the load connected his parent arsenic she struggled to navigate the concern and to rise consciousness for different children facing akin battles — adjacent if the attraction could not prevention him.

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"Hey, this is Will and my ma doesn’t cognize I’m doing this," Will said successful the Facebook post. "Yall pls stock this my ma mightiness beryllium huffy but astatine this constituent I’m trying to assistance her successful immoderate mode I tin close now. I request this to scope President Donald Trump oregon caput Robert F. Kennedy Junior. So if anybody knows these two, delight assistance maine retired and get it to them oregon successful interaction with my mom."

After the video went viral, Will and his parents relocated to Santa Monica, California, successful aboriginal May aft helium was granted entree to the experimental treatment.

"We've had 2 doctors look good successful the look and archer him that they've ne'er had a subsister astatine his stage," Jason Roberts, Will’s father, told Fox News Digital successful an interview. "That was capable for maine and Brittney to get connected the shot and, you know, effort to find an alternate treatment."

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Will was archetypal diagnosed with the uncommon pediatric bony crab successful January 2025 aft experiencing terrible limb symptom that was initially dismissed arsenic increasing pains. 

After his limb was amputated, doctors reportedly discovered that the crab had aggressively dispersed to his bladder, starring to a monolithic pelvic surgery.

Two doctors yet told them they had ne'er seen a subsister astatine Will’s precocious stage, the household said. 

Because accepted chemotherapy offered small anticipation — and with osteosarcoma therapies having remained mostly unchanged for decades — the household said they became determined to research alternate options.

They yet discovered DeltaRex-G, an experimental tumor-targeted cistron therapy that tin outgo hundreds of thousands of dollars to nutrient 1 batch, the household said. 

According to information from Clinics successful Oncology, the therapy has shown comparatively mild broadside effects and has been fast-tracked successful countries specified arsenic the Philippines. 

However, specified attraction has faced important hurdles successful the U.S., wherever it has yet to implicit the FDA support process and remains hard to entree owed to constricted availability and agelong waiting lists.

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"I don't attraction if they person to region mama from the White House steps, I'm going to marque definite that our plea gets heard," Brittney, Will’s mother, said. "At that point, we joked and said helium got frightened his ma was going to beryllium toted disconnected successful a straitjacket somewhere. So helium made the video."

After Brittney joked astir the lengths she would spell to unafraid entree to the drug, she said her lad decided to instrumentality matters into his ain hands.

Will, who had entree to his mother’s Facebook relationship to work supportive messages from followers, secretly recorded and posted his ain video plea.

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Will Roberts sits with household successful session successful Santa Monica, California (Brittney Battles Roberts/Facebook)

The video rapidly gained nationalist traction, helping rise much than $700,000 successful GoFundMe donations and drafting enactment from respective high-profile figures.

"President Trump, Dr. Oz, RFK Jr., I mean, there's been truthful galore people, Katie Britt, person genuinely helped america propulsion this," Jason said. 

On May 11, Trump sent the Roberts household a astonishing video connection successful which helium expressed enactment for the family.

Dr. Mehmet Oz and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. besides worked to assistance the household summation entree to DeltaRex-G, coordinating with California developers of the cause to expedite its availability nether national "Right to Try" protocols.

Since starting the attraction 2 weeks agone alongside a dual chemotherapy regimen, Will said helium has experienced lone mild broadside effects, including assemblage aches.

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While Will’s viral societal media plea helped the household flooded large fiscal and bureaucratic hurdles, his parents said the video was yet motivated by his tendency to assistance different children summation entree to much promising alternate therapies.

"It was thing much than a child's axenic bosom speaking out, but arsenic I said earlier, I deliberation the crushed that it went viral is due to the fact that of his selflessness successful the video. And helium was like, you know, it mightiness beryllium excessively precocious for me, but if it tin assistance others, I privation to assistance others," Jason said. 

"We conscionable anticipation and commune that the bureaucracy and the reddish portion tin beryllium chopped done to wherever a cause with existent committedness tin scope the American radical without each the worldly that gets involved."

The Roberts household besides attributed their endurance and occurrence to their beardown faith, believing God helped determination mountains to get Will opportunities.

"You know, without God, I don't deliberation immoderate of this would beryllium possible. In fact, I cognize it would not beryllium imaginable due to the fact that we've seen mountains moved on this journey," Jason added.