Overview
- Joe Biden wrote on Tuesday that when doctors found his prostate cancer last spring it had already spread to his bones and that he shared the news to mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
- He said the radiation he received last fall “worked as intended,” thanked his medical team, and confirmed he remains on hormone therapy and in ongoing clinical care.
- Family comments in recent months have painted a grimmer picture, with Hunter Biden describing severe pain and Jill Biden saying her husband will likely live with cancer for the rest of his life.
- Biden used the update to urge men to talk with doctors about screening, noting guidance to start discussions around age 50 for average risk and earlier for Black men or those with a family history.
- Medical context: metastatic prostate cancer commonly spreads to bone and is managed long term with hormone therapy, radiation and newer systemic drugs that can slow progression and control symptoms.