Joe Biden, prostate cancer and President
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Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer last week, his office said in a statement on Sunday. The news came after it was revealed that a "small nodule" was detected during a "routine physical exam," a spokesperson for the former president told ABC News on May 13.
Biden’s alarming comments came during a speech about emissions from oil refineries near his childhood home in Claymont, Del., and which he appeared to blame for his cancer.
The president's son suggested there was a cover-up after former president Joe Biden announced his prostate cancer diagnosis.
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.