Joe Biden, prostate cancer
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On May 18, former President Joe Biden’s staff announced he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer. In response, several social media users began circulating a three-year-old video clip of Biden as evidence that he knew about his diagnosis years before.
Biden, even after he has exited political life and as he faces a serious cancer diagnosis, remains a factor in the conversation about his party's political future.
Former President Joe Biden‘s aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis has thrown a wrench in Democrats’ plans to move beyond his presidency and 2024 campaign. Biden’s cancer diagnosis arrived amid heightened scrutiny of his cognitive health.
Reckoning ahead? After a lifetime in public office, the former president faces a perilous cancer diagnosis and difficult questions.
Alex Thompson, co-author of the new Biden book, "Original Sin," talks with The D.C. Brief about his reporting on Biden's decline
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A one-time Democratic rival to Joe Biden has weighed in on the suggestion that there was an ulterior motive behind the former president’s disclosure of his advanced cancer diagnosis. Dean Phillips, a former Minnesota congressman who launched a long-shot bid challenging Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary,
Ezekiel Emanuel, a prominent Democratic figure, told “Morning Joe” the former president "did not develop [prostate cancer] in the last 100 to 200 days."