Truth about Biden's cancer, by top doctor KAROL SIKORA: What I believe about 'cover up' theory on incurable, drug-resistant tumour
Joe Biden 's rather sudden diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer – which has already spread to his bones – is something of a medical mystery.
Doctors announced the rather grim diagnosis (as it's spread to the bones it's no longer curable) yesterday, just days after the 82-year-old former president of the United States complained of 'urinary symptoms' – most likely difficulty peeing due to the tumour squeezing the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body.
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