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On Monday, the day after it had been revealed that he is suffering from stage four prostate cancer that had spread to his bones, former President Joe Biden released a public statement on social media.
Posting a picture of himself smiling with his wife Jill holding their cat, Biden wrote, “Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”
Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support. pic.twitter.com/oSS1vGIiwU
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 19, 2025
On Sunday, Biden’s office released a statement, saying:
Last 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. While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management. … The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.
The revelation that Biden’s cancer had metastasized to such a serious phase but had not been previously reported catalyzed controversy on Sunday.
“Sad and unfortunate and I wish the former President the best in his treatment of this cancer,” former White House physician and current Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-TX), wrote on X. “Care at the White House should be second to none. Unbelievable this was missed, but the truth is, his physician was more concerned about assisting with the political cover up than providing world class medical care.”
Sad and unfortunate and I wish the former President the best in his treatment of this cancer. Care at the White House should be second to none. Unbelievable this was missed, but the truth is, his physician was more concerned about assisting with the political cover up than…
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) May 18, 2025
Dr. Steven Quay, a former faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Pathology Department, wrote on X, “For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes metastatic. Meaning, it would be malpractice for this patient to show up and be first diagnosed with metastatic disease in May 2025. It is highly likely he was carrying a diagnosis of prostate cancer throughout his White House tenure and the American people were uninformed.”
“It is not credible to imagine that a Senator, Vice President, and President could not have undergone routine blood tests that included PSA,” Quay continued. “I repeat my belief that it would be malpractice to not test PSA in a male U.S. President. … Yes, there are less than 5% of patients who can present with metastatic disease without primary indications via the PSA but … Come on, Man!!”
Health care policies related to screening guidelines are designed for populations, often millions of people, with respect to a particular screening test. They take into account healthcare cost, downstream practises, etc. It is not credible to imagine that a Senator, Vice… https://t.co/dleeJqocsn
— Dr Steven Quay (@quay_dr) May 19, 2025
If Biden had been forced to leave office because of his cancer, former Vice President Kamala Harris, who was suspected of not being a favorite of Biden’s wife, Jill, would have succeeded him.
After the June 2019 Democratic presidential candidate debate, when then-Senator Kamala Harris attacked Joe Biden over his position on desegregation insinuating that he was a racist, Jill Biden, speaking to close supporters, reportedly furiously attacked Harris, snapping, “With what he cares about, what he fights for, what he’s committed to, you get up there and call him a racist without basis? Go f*** yourself.”
The story of Jill Biden’s alleged irate response to Harris’s insinuation came from Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer for The Atlantic, as reported by POLITICO.
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