{"id":263946,"date":"2018-12-20T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/dog-the-bounty-hunter-and-beth-chapman-are-clinging-to-each-other-amid-cancer-battle\/"},"modified":"2018-12-20T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:47:01","slug":"dog-the-bounty-hunter-and-beth-chapman-are-clinging-to-each-other-amid-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/dog-the-bounty-hunter-and-beth-chapman-are-clinging-to-each-other-amid-cancer-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth Chapman Are &#8221;Clinging to Each Other&#8221; Amid Cancer Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42.185061315496\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201454\/rs_634x1024-140604160524-634.dog-the-bounty-hunter-cmt.ls.6414.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Beth Chapman, Duane Chapman, Dog the Bounty Hunter, CMT Awards\" alt=\"Beth Chapman, Duane Chapman, Dog the Bounty Hunter, CMT Awards\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"23.528868360277\">\n<p><strong>Dog the Bounty Hunter<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Beth Chapman\u00a0<\/strong>are savoring every moment they have together.<\/p>\n<p>The reality stars tell E! News that Beth is &#8220;preparing for the battle of her life.&#8221; According to the Chapman family, the family matriarch was given &#8220;a 50\/50 chance of the chemotherapy working&#8221; in healing her life-threatening throat cancer, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/880268\/dog-the-bounty-hunter-s-wife-beth-chapman-diagnosed-with-throat-cancer\" target=\"_blank\">she was diagnosed<\/a> with in Sept. 2017. So, Dog and Beth have decided to seek out &#8220;other treatments&#8221; in Boston, Houston and &#8220;possibly at MD Anderson.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the bleak diagnosis, the Chapmans say, &#8220;Beth is very strong, very healthy and very active.&#8221; Since returning home after Beth&#8217;s hospitalization on Nov. 27, the family is &#8220;trying very had to keep things as normal as possible for their children.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Beth, Dog and their kids share that they are &#8220;clinging to each other while they go through the search for a cure.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5\">\n<p>While the pair tries to maintain some sense of normalcy in their household, they are revealing that Dog decided to return to &#8220;full time bounty hunting to try to help absorb some of the cost of his wife&#8217;s medical bills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.747183979975\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201355\/rs_634x1024-130605161030-634.DuaneDogLeeBethChapman.mh.060513.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Duane Dog Lee Chapman, Beth Chapman, CMT Awards\" alt=\"Duane Dog Lee Chapman, Beth Chapman, CMT Awards\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Jason Merritt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"19.55829015544\">\n<p>In November, the family learned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/991147\/dog-the-bounty-hunter-s-wife-beth-chapman-s-cancer-has-returned\" target=\"_blank\">Beth&#8217;s cancer returned<\/a>, nearly a year after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/896600\/dog-the-bounty-hunter-reveals-beth-chapman-s-latest-test-results-no-cancer\" target=\"_blank\">receiving a bill of good health<\/a>. The family&#8217;s attorney,\u00a0<strong>Andrew Brettler<\/strong>, told E! News, &#8220;I can confirm that she was hospitalized today, had surgery to remove a mass in her throat, which was determined to be cancerous. I understand that the situation is very serious. We are all concerned for her and the well-being of her family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, when she was first diagnosed, Beth told fans in a heartfelt letter: &#8220;I will fight every step of the way. My husband and children are counting on me to be there for years to come. I am so very grateful to be surrounded by family and friends who have given me incredible support during this very challenging time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We wish Beth a quick and full recovery.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/998545\/dog-the-bounty-hunter-and-beth-chapman-are-clinging-to-each-other-amid-cancer-battle?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images Dog the Bounty Hunter and\u00a0Beth Chapman\u00a0are savoring every moment they have together. The reality stars tell E! News that Beth is &#8220;preparing for the battle of her life.&#8221; According to the Chapman family, the family matriarch was given &#8220;a 50\/50 chance of the chemotherapy working&#8221; in healing her life-threatening throat cancer, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-263946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 15:28:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}