{"id":7782,"date":"2025-05-19T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7782"},"modified":"2025-05-19T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:00:16","slug":"former-us-president-joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7782","title":{"rendered":"Former US President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office confirmed on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The 82-year-old was diagnosed on Friday after experiencing worsening urinary symptoms. A medical evaluation revealed a prostate nodule, which led to further testing and confirmation of the cancer’s advanced stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management,\u201d Biden\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Doctors have graded the cancer as a 9 on the Gleason scale \u2013 one of the highest levels, indicating advanced disease. Biden and his family are currently reviewing treatment options.<\/p>\n

Although early-stage prostate cancer typically has a five-year survival rate near 100 percent, the prognosis for metastatic cases is significantly lower. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, the average survival rate for late-stage prostate cancer is 28 percent.<\/p>\n

Biden, who served as president from 2021 to 2025, withdrew from his 2024 re-election bid after a widely criticised debate performance in June that intensified concerns about his age and health. He was succeeded as the Democratic nominee by then-Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the November election to Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

President DonaldTrump, who has long been a political rival of Biden, offered support. \u201cWe wish Joe a fast and successful recovery,\u201d he said in a social media post. \u201cJill and I are saddened by the news.<\/p>\n

Vice President Harris also expressed her sympathy, saying Biden is \u201ca fighter\u201d and praised his strength and optimism.<\/p>\n

Former President Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as vice president, lauded Biden\u2019s dedication to cancer research.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe,\u201d Obama said, adding that he is confident Biden will face the illness with \u201cresolve and grace.\u201d<\/p>\n

The diagnosis comes as renewed scrutiny has been cast on Biden\u2019s final year in office, particularly around claims that his staff shielded the extent of his health decline. An upcoming book, Original Sin by CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper and Axios\u2019s Alex Thompson, alleges incidents that raised internal concern about Biden\u2019s condition, including confusion during public events.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, Biden denied claims of cognitive deterioration. \u201cThey are wrong. There\u2019s nothing to sustain that,\u201d he said on The View. He added that his decision to leave the race was driven by a desire to unify his party.<\/p>\n

Senator Chris Murphy on Sunday became one of the latest Democrats to acknowledge that Biden\u2019s re-election campaign may have been a miscalculation. His remarks came before news of Biden\u2019s cancer became public.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s son, Beau, died from brain cancer in 2015 \u2013 an event that had a lasting impact on the former president\u2019s advocacy for cancer research.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office confirmed on Sunday. The 82-year-old was diagnosed on Friday after experiencing worsening urinary symptoms. A medical evaluation revealed a prostate nodule, which led to further testing and confirmation of the cancer’s advanced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}