Biden Posts Health Update With Memoir Announcement: Doctors Encouraged by Treatment Response, but Cancer 'Sometimes Slows Me Down' and Book Events Will Be Fewer
WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden posted on the social platform X on November 8 to announce his presidential memoir, Promise Me, America, due out on November 17, and to give an update on his health. He wrote that while writing the book he was diagnosed with cancer, and that his doctors 'continue to be encouraged' by how he has responded to treatment. 'Some days are better than others. It hasn't stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down,' he wrote. Because of that, he said, he unfortunately will not be able to do as many conversations about the book as he had hoped, though he hopes the words on the page speak for themselves.
Biden, 83, said the memoir covers his years as president, the challenges his administration faced, the decisions he made and why he made them, as well as who Americans are as a nation, what the country stands for and America's role in the world.
Biden was diagnosed in May 2025 with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, with a Gleason score of 9, that had spread to his bones. His treatment has included radiation therapy and hormone treatment, and in September 2025 he underwent Mohs surgery to remove skin cancer lesions from his head. Last month, in a personal letter for prostate cancer awareness month, he urged men to see their doctors and get screened, and said the radiation treatment he received last fall had worked as intended.
His son Hunter Biden recently spoke about his father's condition as well, saying the treatment for stage 4 prostate cancer takes a heavy toll on the body, but that his father is in good spirits and still energetic.
(Source: Joe Biden)
Source: Joe Biden
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