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Joe Biden issues health update 18 months after prostate cancer diagnosis

newsNov 9, 2026155,789

Joe Biden, 83, issued a health update saying doctors remain encouraged by his response to treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer diagnosed in May 2025. Biden said the illness varies day to day, has not stopped him from continuing work, but sometimes "slows me down." He announced that because of his treatment he will be unable to do as many conversations to promote his forthcoming memoir Promise Me, America as he had hoped. Biden thanked supporters for prayers and well wishes and quoted his father: "Champ, when you get knocked down, get up." Earlier this summer Dr Jill Biden said her husband would "forever live with cancer," and his son Hunter Biden said the cancer had spread. The immediate practical consequence Biden cited is a reduced schedule of book-promotion appearances while he continues treatment.

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