Trump ‘surprised public wasn't told long ago' about Biden's prostate cancer as Don takes swipe at when ex-President knew
Biden, 82, who served as president from 2021 to 2025, confirmed he had the advanced form of the disease in a statement on Sunday.
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Trump 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.
The US President previously expressed his support for the former president and his family.
He wrote on Truth Social: "Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis.
"We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery."
But Trump has now hinted that Biden might have been hiding his diagnosis from the public.
This comes after a leading oncologist claimed that Biden likely had cancer when he took office in 2021.
Dr Zeke Emanuel said: "He's had this for many years, maybe even a decade, growing there and spreading."
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 with prostate cancer on 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."
What are the symptoms every man needs to know?
In most cases, prostate cancer doesn't have any symptoms until the growth is big enough to put pressure on the urethra – that tube you pee through.
Symptoms include:
Needing to urinate more often, especially at night
Needing to rush to the toilet
Difficulty in starting to pee
Weak flow
Straining and taking a long time while peeing
Feeling that your bladder hasn't emptied fully
Many men's prostates get larger as they age because of the non-cancerous conditions, prostate enlargement, and benign prostatic hyperplasia.
In fact, these two conditions are more common than prostate cancer – but that doesn't mean the symptoms should be ignored.
The signs that cancer has SPREAD include bone, back, or testicular pain, loss of appetite, and unexplained weight loss.
A Gleason score of 9 means the cancerous cells "look very abnormal" and that the disease is "likely to grow quickly", according to Cancer Research UK.
Biden has previously struggled with his physical health, with some saying he had grappled with numerous health issues during his final year in office.
Biden served as US president from 2021 to 2025, with his term ending on January 20 when Donald Trump took office.
There had been reports in the past Biden was "disoriented and out of it" during cabinet talks and that he had also struggled to recall certain memories, including that of his son Beau's tragic death in 2015.
Biden was also forced to step down from his campaign for a second term in office, with the Democratic Party nomination being succeeded by his much-younger vice-president Kamala Harris, amid fears over Biden's cognitive health.
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