India, July 12 -- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Senator and a close aide of US President Donald Trump, died on Sunday after "brief and sudden illness." Trump said that the Senator called him on Saturday night after returning from a trip to Ukraine and "sounded a bit tired".

"He sounded a little bit tired, but perfect," Trump told NBC's "Meet the Press."

Graham, a staunch pro-Israel and hawkish supporter of Trump's US polices, was last seen in Kyiv, where he went for a visit to meet with Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky. Track live updates for US-Iran news

Trump said Graham was "like a member of the family". He implied that he may have been among the last people to have spoken to Graham before his death.

The US President made a s...