Former U.S. President Joe Biden and erstwhile First Lady Jill Biden airs for a selfie photo, successful this handout societal media representation released May 19, 2025.
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Former President Joe Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy arsenic portion of a caller signifier of treating the assertive signifier of prostate crab helium was diagnosed with aft leaving office, a spokesperson said Saturday.
"As portion of a attraction program for prostate cancer, President Biden is presently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment," said Biden adjutant Kelly Scully.
The 82-year-old Democrat near bureau successful January aft helium had dropped his bid for reelection six months earlier pursuing a disastrous statement against Republican Donald Trump amid concerns astir Biden's age, wellness and intelligence fitness. Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris, who was Biden's vice president.
In May, Biden's post-presidential bureau announced that helium had been diagnosed with prostate crab and that it had dispersed to his bone. The find came aft helium reported urinary symptoms.
Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness utilizing what is known arsenic a Gleason score. The scores scope from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving much aggressively. Biden's bureau said his people was 9, suggesting his crab is among the astir aggressive.
Last month, Biden had country to region tegument crab lesions from his forehead.
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