Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to a statement from his office posted on Sunday afternoon.
“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen by a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing the increase in urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (group 5) with metastasis to bone,” said the statement.
“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, cancer seems to be sensitive to hormones, allowing effective management. The president and his family are reviewing the treatment options with their doctors,” the statement concluded.
TO Gleason score of 9 indicates an aggressive form of high -grade prostate cancer. In addition, it indicates that cancer cells look very different from normal prostate cells and they are probable to grow and spread rapidly.
Former President Joe Biden appears in The View of ABC News, on May 8, 2025.
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This places cancer in group 5, the highest risk category, which is associated with a greater probability of metastasis and a more challenging prognosis. However, despite the apparent aggressiveness of cancer, its nature sensitive nature offers a viable treatment, according to the National Cancer Institute.
On Tuesday, a Biden spokesman confirmed to ABC News that a small nodule was found in the former president’s prostate after “a physical examination of routine.”
The discovery of the nodule “required an additional evaluation,” said the spokesman.
In February 2023, while working as president, Biden took away an injury to his cancerous chest. Before entering the office, Biden had several non -melanoma leather cancers retired with Mohs surgery.
“As expected, the biopsy confirmed that the small injury was basal cell carcinoma,” said White House doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, at that time. “All cancerous fabric was successfully eliminated … no more treatment is required.”
Biden’s health had been under scrutiny since before leaving the presidential race in 2024, giving way to the then vice president Kamala Harris to overcome the Democratic presidential ticket.
In an appearance in “The View” by ABC earlier this month, both Biden and former First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, generally backed up against the list of new reporters’ books that claim that Biden was dealing with cognitive deterioration at the end of their presidency.
“They are wrong. There is nothing to hold that,” said Biden.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second cause of cancer death among men in the United States, according to National Health Institutes (NIH).
It is estimated that this year 313,780 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed, representing 15.4% of all cases of new cancer, with an estimate of 35,770 deaths from prostate cancer this year, which represents 5.8% of all cancer deaths, according to the NIH. The five -year survival rate of prostate cancer, which means that the percentage of living people five years after diagnosis is approximately 98%, says NIH.
Prostate cancer in general generally grows very slowly. While finding it and treating it before the symptoms occur, it may not improve the health of men or help them live longer, it is usually a more treatable type of cancer, even when it has spread.
-Ric Strauss “ABC News contributed to this report.
