Prostate Cancer, Biden
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As Republicans question how long Biden knew he had cancer, a spokesperson says he received the disease diagnosis last Friday.
The spokesperson also said that the former president had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer before last week.
Joe Biden's announcement that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer has revived questions about what health issues the former US president was dealing with while he was in the White House. In a statement on Sunday,
Biden, even after he has exited political life and as he faces a serious cancer diagnosis, remains a factor in the conversation about his party's political future.
Ezekiel Emanuel, a prominent Democratic figure, told “Morning Joe” the former president "did not develop [prostate cancer] in the last 100 to 200 days."