David Bennett Jr. spoke to Reuters days after his father, David Bennett, received a genetically modified pig heart last week in a first-of-its-kind surgery in Maryland. <br /><br />"He is very much alive and he’s talking to the nurses," Bennett said.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline