Biden Is Diagnosed With ‘Aggressive’ Form of Prostate Cancer

Former President Joe BidenPhotographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Bloomberg

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By Wendy Benjaminson and Skylar Woodhouse

May 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM UTC

Updated on

May 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM UTC

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, his office announced.

Biden was in a Philadelphia hospital last week, where doctors discovered a “small nodule” on his prostate that they said required further examination. The former president, 82, had been experiencing urinary symptoms, his office said in a statement Sunday.