JOE Biden is facing fresh scrutiny over his health in office as a speech slip-up from 2022 resurfaces amid his “aggressive”;; prostate cancer diagnosis.
The former president, 82, claimed to have had cancer in a public speech three years ago sparking fears for his health.
Biden’s comments came during a speech about “cancer-causing”;; emissions from oil refineries near his childhood home in Delaware.
He said: “That’s why I and so damn many other people I grew up with have cancer and why for the longest time Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation.”;;
Biden’s use of the present tense led to speculations that the president was suffering from cancer.
But these were dismissed after it was suggested that the comments were a reference to “non-melanoma skin cancers”;;.
Before assuming the presidency,had a number of “localized, non-melanoma skin cancers”;; removed by surgery.
In November 2021, Biden had a polyp removed from his colon that was a benign, but potentially pre-cancerous lesion.
And in February 2023, he had a skin lesion removed from his chest that was a basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer.
Non-melanoma skin cancer typically develops in the areas of the body most exposed to the sun such as the face, ears, hands, shoulders, upper chest, and back.
But Biden is now facing fresh scrutiny over his cancer comments following the on Sunday.
This comes as and said he was “surprised”;; the public wasn’t told long ago about Biden’s cancer.
The US President cast doubt on the timeline of Biden’s diagnosis on Monday as he said it usually takes a “long time”;; to reach such an aggressive stage of cancer.
Trump was backed up by a leading oncologist who claimed that the when he took office in 2021.
Dr Zeke Emanuel said: “He had it while he was President.
“He probably had it at the start of his presidency, in 2021.”;;
Biden announced his cancer diagnosis in an official statement from his personal office on Sunday.
The statement said that he was seen by doctors last week after suffering urinary symptoms, with a prostate nodule then being found.
He was then diagnosed withon Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone.
The statement read: “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.
“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.
“The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”;;
A Gleason score of 9 means the cancerous cells “look very abnormal”;; and that the disease is “likely to grow quickly”;;, according toCancer Research UK.
Biden served as US president from 2021 to 2025, with his termwhenDonald Trumptook office.
