Andy Hoffman, Jack's dad, faces setback in his battle against brain cancer

Andy Hoffman, left, with his wife, Brianna, and their children, from left, Reese, Ava and Jack, a high school freshman whose brain cancer is in remission.Andy Hoffman seemed to be getting better.

The recently retired attorney from Atkinson, Nebraska, had been diagnosed with a massive brain tumor in July after he became ill during a jog. It was the same diagnosis his son Jack had faced nine years earlier.

Jack, then 7, became famous in 2013 when he ran for a 69-yard touchdown during Nebraska’s spring football game. Jack is now a 15-year-old freshman at West Holt High School in Atkinson, and his cancer is in remission.

After Jack’s story was shared across the country, Andy and his wife, Brianna,…