{"id":169075,"date":"2025-05-18T21:14:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-prostate-cancer\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T21:14:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:14:34","slug":"joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-prostate-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Diagnosed With &#8216;Aggressive&#8217; Prostate Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>News of the diagnosis was shared by Biden\u2019s office on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The press release describes Biden\u2019s cancer as being particularly \u201caggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 19th Annual HRC National Dinner at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on October 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. \" class=\"wp-image-525837 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-2048x1325.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-960x621.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-1080x699.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-1200x776.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-491191392-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 19th Annual HRC National Dinner at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on October 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Leigh Vogel\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-biden-reps-announce-former-president-is-battling-cancer\">Biden reps announce former president is battling cancer<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cLast week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,\u201d the statement read, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/former-president-joe-biden-diagnosed-prostate-cancer\/story?id=121932146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The President of the United States, Joe Biden arrives in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle as part of a ceremonial welcome on July 10, 2023 in Windsor, England.\" class=\"wp-image-525836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-1475x2048.jpg 1475w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-691x960.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-778x1080.jpg 778w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-864x1200.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-scaled.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The President of the United States, Joe Biden arrives in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle as part of a ceremonial welcome on July 10, 2023 in Windsor, England.\" class=\"wp-image-525836 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-1475x2048.jpg 1475w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-691x960.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-778x1080.jpg 778w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-864x1200.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-scaled.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1531300634-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The President of the United States, Joe Biden arrives in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle as part of a ceremonial welcome on July 10, 2023 in Windsor, England.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Chris Jackson \/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biden\u2019s office announced on Tuesday that a small nodule had been found on Biden\u2019s prostate after \u201ca routine physical exam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, a spokesperson stated that the nodule \u201cnecessitated further evaluation,\u201d but there was no immediate cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>Now, worst fears have been confirmed, as it seems that the 82-year-old former president, vice president, and US senator will be forced to undergo aggressive treatment to arrest the cancer\u2019s rapid advancement.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-is-not-biden-s-first-brush-with-cancer\">This is not Biden\u2019s first brush with cancer<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks onstage at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards on September 23, 2023 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-525835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks onstage at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards on September 23, 2023 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-525835 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1698009130-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden speaks onstage at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards on September 23, 2023 in Washington, DC.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation\u2019s Annual Legislative Conference)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2023, while he was still in the White House, Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs expected, the biopsy confirmed that the small lesion was basal cell carcinoma,\u201d White House physician Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor said at the time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll cancerous tissue was successfully removed. \u2026 No further treatment is required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2015\/05\/beau-biden-dies-son-of-vice-president-joe-biden-was-46\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost his son, Beau Biden, to brain cancer<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-biden-s-well-being-has-long-been-a-matter-of-public-scrutiny\">Biden\u2019s well-being has long been a matter of public scrutiny<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum on September 24, 2024 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-525838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum on September 24, 2024 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-525838 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2174265707-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum on September 24, 2024 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In July of last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/07\/joe-biden-im-done-folks-vote-for-kamala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden announced that he would not run for re-election<\/a> amid concerns about his mental acuity and physical well-being.<\/p>\n<p>After Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 general election, many Democrats criticized Biden for his refusal to step down earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/joe-biden-says-he-wouldve-defeated-trump-is-not-surprised-kamala-harris-lost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden appeared on <em>The View<\/em><\/a>, where he argued that he would\u2019ve defeated Trump had he decided to seek a second term in office.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he takes responsibility for Trump\u2019s election, Biden replied, \u201cI do, because, look, I was in charge and he won. So, you know, I take responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many viewers commented that Biden\u2019s speech and mannerisms during the interview seemed to offer further evidence of his cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-prostate-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Former president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. News of the diagnosis was shared by Biden\u2019s office on Sunday afternoon. The press release describes Biden\u2019s cancer as being particularly \u201caggressive.\u201d Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 19th Annual HRC National Dinner at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-169075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}