Former White House Press Secretary Shares Powerful Message Regarding Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive)
Former White House Press Secretary Shares Powerful Message Regarding Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive) originally appeared on Parade.
Karine Jean-Pierre is sending her love to former President Joe Biden.
The political advisor, 50, who served as White House press secretary from May 2022 to January 2025 and as a senior advisor to Biden from October 2024 to January 2025, exclusively told Parade she has reached out to the 82-year-old after he was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer.
'I have been in contact with the family,' she said on the red carpet at American Ballet Theatre's 85th anniversary Spring Gala, honoring Susan and Leonard Feinstein, at Cipriani South Street in New York City.
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'I think they know how I feel,' she continued. 'I've been very clear about the news and how heartbreaking it was to hear, but one thing that I know about Joe Biden is that he's a fighter. I wouldn't bet against him, and this is obviously an issue that's incredibly personal to them when it comes to cancer.'
Biden's son Beau died in 2015 at age 46 from brain cancer.
Jean-Pierre then went on to praise the former POTUS for how much he cared for his staff at the White House.
'I have to tell you this personal story,' she began. 'When my mom — during my tenure as White House press secretary — had cancer and only a few people knew, he was one of the people who knew because I wanted to keep that really private and because it was such a personal matter to go through.'
Biden 'reached out' to Jean-Pierre personally to check up on her and her mother, who was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer. (Jean-Pierre said in a January Vanity Fair piece that her mother finished treatment a year ago.)
'He reached out, and he asked me all the questions,' Jean-Pierre told Parade of Biden. ''How is she doing? What can I do? Where is she? What kind of treatment is she getting?' He was so tuned in because he understands how personal something like this is and how hard it can hit a family, and so my heart goes out to him and obviously his family.'
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At the ABT gala on Wednesday night, Jean-Pierre also encouraged people struggling in the current political climate to remain 'hopeful' and look to 'your community and see how you can be helpful to your neighbors.'
She added, 'Joy is resistance. Joy is important right now. We can't let them take that away, but understanding that there are people who are living next door to us who are indeed suffering and having a difficult time in this moment, I think it's important to show up and be very, very present.'
Former White House Press Secretary Shares Powerful Message Regarding Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive) first appeared on Parade on May 29, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on May 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
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