Biden Discusses Cancer Treatment in PEOPLE Interview: Eight Pills a Day, Tests Show No Further Spread
Former President Joe Biden discussed his cancer treatment in an interview with PEOPLE magazine published on November 11, saying he has completed radiation treatment, is receiving hormone therapy and takes eight different pills a day, and that two recent tests show the cancer has not spread beyond the areas where it was previously found. He described his outlook on treatment as "very positive." The interview was conducted on November 5 at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden is 83.
Biden was diagnosed in May 2025 with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, Gleason score 9, that had spread to his bones and was already at stage 4. In the interview he denied hiding his illness while in office, and said that if he had known his feeling unwell was caused by cancer, he would have resigned and would not have run for re-election, because he does not think an 80-year-old man with cancer should be running for president. He maintained that the undiagnosed disease did not affect his ability to do the job.
The interview comes ahead of his presidential memoir, "Promise Me, America," scheduled for release on November 17. Biden has previously said treatment sometimes slows him down and that he will scale back appearances promoting the book.
Related: Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer: Gleason score 9, spread to bones
(Source: PEOPLE)
Source: PEOPLE
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