2021, he said, "many involved needed to be held accountable and go to prison." Whistleblowing Since 2015, Tillis has been a member of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus. The caucus was launched by a bipartisan group of senators in 2015 to raise awareness of the need for adequate protections against retaliation for private-sector and government employees who call attention to wrongdoing. It works to foster bipartisan discussion of legislative issues affecting the treatment of whistleblowers and serves as a clearinghouse for information on whistleblower developments of interest in the Senate. Personal life Tillis and his wife, Susan, live in Huntersville, North Carolina, and have two children. Tillis previously twice married and twice divorced his high school sweetheart. He used to live in Cornelius, North Carolina, where he was elected to the town council. His brother, Rick, was a state representative in Tennessee. On March 29, 2021, Tillis announced he had prostate cancer and would be undergoing surgery and treatment. Tillis said he had no symptoms and the cancer was discovered during a routine annual physical. He encouraged all men to have regular prostate health screenings. Electoral history References External links Senator Thom Tillis official U.S. Senate website Campaign website |- |- |- |- |- 1960 births IBM employees Living people People from Cornelius, North Carolina Politicians from Jacksonville, Florida PricewaterhouseCoopers people Republican Party United States senators from North Carolina Speakers of the North Carolina House of Representatives Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives University of Maryland Global Campus alumni