'Cancer touches us all:' Biden issues social media statement after cancer diagnosis
Former President Joe Biden took to social media Monday after a spokesperson revealed the nation's 46th commander in chief has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
"Cancer touches us all,” Biden wrote in a on Monday.
He added that he and his wife, former First Lady Jill Biden, “have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”
A spokesperson for Biden said Sunday the former president was recently evaluated for a “small nodule” discovered on his prostate.
“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement said.
It continued, “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”
Biden, 82, and his family “are reviewing treatment options with his physicians,” the statement said.