Former United States President Joe Biden is currently undergoing prostate cancer treatment with radiation therapy.
This was confirmed by the media office of Biden on Saturday, October 11, 2025.
According to a spokesman of the former U.S President, the 82-year-old Democrat was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer earlier this year.
The spokesman also confirmed that Biden is undergoing prostate cancer treatment with radiation sessions and hormone treatment to manage the disease that has metastasized to his bones.
“As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” the spokesperson for the former president said.
It was also gathered that the radiation treatment is expected to span five weeks and marks a new point in his care. He has already been taking a pill form of hormone medication.
Recall that before Biden began his prostate cancer treatment, he had a skin cancer treatment known as Mohs surgery. A large bandage on his forehead was visible in public appearances at that time.
Following that procedure, his physician wrote in a memo that “all cancerous tissue was successfully removed” and that “no further treatment is required.”
The former president announced in May that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had already metastasized to his bones.
His office said at the time that he was pursuing several treatment options to ensure “effective management” of the illness.
In a post on X after he shared his diagnosis, Biden said, “Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us with love and support.”
At the time, multiple oncologists revealed that the nature of Biden’s cancer and the fact that it had already metastasized, Biden’s affliction might have gone undiagnosed for years.
Men his age are not usually screened for prostate cancer, with the American Cancer Society recommending that men in their 50s and 60s get screened every two years. It’s unclear whether Biden was screened for prostate cancer during his last medical exam in office, which took place last year.
The former president, who turns 83 next month, is said to be “doing well.”
In 2023, while he was still in office, Biden had a skin lesion removed during a routine physical exam that was later found to be cancerous. A physician at the time said that no further treatment was required.
Biden left the White House in January, just months after he suspended his re-election campaign last year, endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris, for re-election instead.
His re-election campaign and the final months of his presidency were marred by allegations that he was too old to run again and that he was not mentally fit. The former president and his family have repeatedly denied these claims.
Pan-Atlantic Kompass reports that prostate cancer remains one of the most common malignancies among men over 65, affecting an estimated 313,780 new cases in the U.S. this year alone, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
With a five-year survival rate approaching 98% for most diagnoses, advancements like radiation therapy—delivered via external beam techniques to minimize side effects—have revolutionized outcomes.
For Biden, who lost his son Beau to brain cancer in 2015, this personal battle echoes his long-standing advocacy through the Cancer Moonshot initiative, which poured billions into research during his administration.
