On January 15, 2025, President Joe Biden delivers his farewell speech to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House (photo of Mandel Ngan – Getty) on January 15, 2025.
Washington – Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with “a more aggressive form” of prostate cancer on Sunday.
The explanation states that bidges, 82, had been observed last week for a recent determination of a prostate node after increasing symptoms of urine. “On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which was marked by a Gleason score of 9 (Gradgruppe 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the explanation said.
“While this is a more aggressive form of the disease, cancer seems to be hormone -sensitive, which enables effective management,” he continued. “The president and his family check the treatment options with his doctors.”
The New York Times reported on May 12 that a “small knot” for bidens prostate was discovered a few days earlier, which, according to a spokesman, required “further rating”.
According to the National Cancer Institute, Prostate cancer is growing slowly, the second most common cause of cancer in men in the USA and the most common cancer.
“Joe is a fighter”
The support of the support immediately started to flow on Sunday when the diagnosis spread.
“Doug and I are sad to learn about President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis,” his former Vice President and the Democratic candidate in 2024, Kamala Harris, said on X. “We hold him, Dr. Biden and your whole family in our hearts and prayers during this time. Joe is a fighter – and I know that he will provide this challenge with the same strength, resistance and optimism that always defined his life and leadership. We are hopeful for a complete and quick recovery.”
“Melania and I are sad about Joe Biden’s latest medical diagnosis,” wrote President Donald Trump on social media. “We expand Jill and the family our warmest and best wishes and wish Joe a quick and successful recovery.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a democrat who was the party’s vice presidential candidate after Biden had passed the race and Harris took his place at the head of the ticket, said on X that biden was “a really decent man and a friend”.
“Gwen and I pray for President Biden and his family,” he wrote.
“I am sad to hear from President Biden’s cancer diagnosis and wish him and his family all the best when he begins with the treatment” wrote on x.
Pete Buttigieg, the former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor, who acted against Biden, Harris and Biden Transport Secretary in the Democratic President of the Presidency 2020, said that Biden was “a man of deep faith and extraordinary resistance.”
“Chasten and I hold him and the entire bidding family in our prayers for strength and healing” wrote on x.
“Joe was a fighter all his life. He will prevail. Dr. Jill Biden and her family send my absolute support” posted On X.
“This is a very sad news. I’m praying for his recovery,” Gop Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said On X. “We are in this fight for President Biden!” Former Florida US representative Matt Gaetz wrote, Reposting Lunas Post.
Age factor in the presidential race
Bidens doctors said he was fit and fit enough to be president after the evaluation in February 2024.
“President Biden is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old man who is still fit to successfully perform the tasks of the presidency,” Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor wrote.
This summer, Bidens would be deteriorating – although it is not associated with the diagnosis, forcing Sunday from its re -selection offer.
Bid fell out of the race for the presidency On July 21, 2024, an unprecedented vacancy on the democratic ticket created a month before he was officially accepting the nomination of his party. He supported Harris to take his place as a democratic candidate and she was nominated by Democrats, but lost the election to Trump.
The withdrawal of biden came to A after a one -week pressure campaign from party experts catastrophic June 27, 2024, debate against the GOP candidate Trump and the increasing criticism that he could not carry out a profit campaign against the man he had defeated in 2020. Biden looked confused in several places during the debate, which led to concern.
After Biden left the White House on January 20, he made himself back and only did the public remark on April 15 when he criticized the current administration For cutting thousands of employees at the social security authority and those who have questioned the relevance of the program.
“In less than 100 days, this new administration has caused so much damage and so much destruction. It is somehow breathtaking that it could happen soon,” said Biden. “During this time, you have transferred a hatchet to the social security authority and pushed 7,000 employees – 7,000 – at the door during this time, including the most experienced career officers.”
Book publication
In the last few days The publication of a book From two political reporters, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson from Axios of CNN, controversy triggered through his claims that those in Biden’s inner circle have worked to preserve his cognitive decline from the public perspective.
The book entitled “Original Sin” – the book that was at interviews with the authors were more than 200 people, mainly democratic insiders – contained recent details about the presidency, such as Biden, which apparently did not recognize the film star George Clooney in Los Angeles in June 2024. Biden’s decline was in 2023 and 2024 that The employ of a wheelchair was discussed When he was re -elected, the book reported.
Only Friday published the White House Audio of an interview by Biden by the special advisor of Justice Ministry Robert Hur Who gave out a lengthy reportIt came to the conclusion that President Joe Biden was “deliberately retained” after his time as Vice President, but was not charged with a crime.
Hur wrote in the 388 February 2024 report These prosecutors considered “that Mr. Biden would probably imagine a jury in court, as he had in our interview with him as a personable, well -intentioned man with a bad memory.”
Jacob Fischler contributed to this report.
