Joe Biden has just shared a candid update on his health, and a few of his words have touched thousands of people. \ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n
The 83-year-old former president posted a lengthy statement on X, just days before his upcoming memoir hits the shelves. It comes months after his son Hunter described how serious things have become. \ud83d\ude22\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n
Former President Joe Biden has opened up about how his battle with prostate cancer is affecting his daily life, admitting \u201csome days are better than others.\u201d
\nThe 83-year-old shared the update in a post on X on Sunday, ahead of the release of his presidential memoir, Promise Me, America, later this month on November 17.<\/p>\n
Biden explained that he was diagnosed with cancer while he was writing the book. He said that his doctors continue to be encouraged by how he has responded to treatment, and that the prayers and kind words from the public have meant more to him, his wife Jill and their family than they could ever know.<\/p>\n
At the same time, he was also honest about the toll the illness is taking, and how it affects his daily life.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome days are better than others,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat that means is, unfortunately, I won\u2019t be able to do as many conversations about my book as I\u2019d hoped. However, I\u2019m hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Promise Me, America\u2019
\nThe memoir itself covers his four years as president, from 2021 to 2025. Biden has described it as a book about the challenges his administration faced, the decisions he made and why he made them, and his faith in the American people.<\/p>\n
Despite everything, Biden ended his post on a hopeful note, sharing a lesson his father taught him: \u201cChamp, when you get knocked down, get up.\u201d He said it was a good lesson for him, and for America.<\/p>\n
Biden announced his diagnosis in May 2025, a few months after he left the White House, revealing that doctors had found a nodule on his prostate after he experienced increasing urinary symptoms. His office said at the time that it was an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had already spread to his bones, but that it appeared to be hormone-sensitive, allowing doctors to manage it effectively.<\/p>\n
He completed a course of radiation treatment in October 2025.<\/p>\n
Hunter talks dad\u2019s cancer
\nIn August this year, his son Hunter gave a rare insight into his father\u2019s condition. Speaking to the BBC, Hunter said that the cancer had spread \u201cinto his bones and further,\u201d and that it was very painful for his father. He added that it was sad to watch, and that he wished his father would complain more.<\/p>\n
Biden\u2019s latest update comes at an emotional time for the family. The oldest living former president, he will turn 84 on November 20, just three days after his memoir is released.<\/p>\n
Cancer has already brought great heartbreak to the Biden family. His son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015, aged just 46.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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