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Former US president Joe Biden is being subjected to further medical assessment after physicians found a small nodule on his prostate during a routine physical examination, as per reports confirmed by a spokesperson who was talking to ABC News.The nodule, which has been described as "small," is not unusual among older men and may be completely benign or represent more severe conditions, such as prostate cancer, as per Daily Mail. Physicians have yet to determine whether the growth is cancerous but further tests would be conducted to establish its nature.The 82-year-old, who was the nation's oldest serving president, has come under heightened scrutiny for his health in recent years. Towards the end of his term, his health had started deteriorating so much that some aids started to weigh whether he needed to use a wheelchair, as per a forthcoming book called the 'Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again', which is coming out on May 20, reported Daily Mail.However, in February 2024, when he was still in office, he was determined "fit to serve" by his doctor after a comprehensive checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, as per Daily Mail report. That was just months before he decided to abruptly cut short his second-term campaign bid and let the then-Vice President Kamala Harris take over the campaign, according to the report.The timing of Biden's exit from the race left many Democrats stunned, with some saying that the decision came too late to allow Harris or any other possible contenders a fair shot against Republican nominee Donald Trump, as per Daily Mail. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said over the weekend that the party would have been "better served" by holding a primary election in 2024, rather than defaulting to the incumbent, reported Daily Mail.Since leaving the White House, Biden has remained relatively quiet, but he and former First Lady Jill Biden appeared together in a joint interview last week on ABC's The View program, according to the report.As of now, doctors haven't confirmed whether the nodule is cancerous. Further testing is needed to determine its nature.There's no public indication that he was experiencing symptoms. The nodule was found during a routine physical.
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