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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
John Power

Biden camp denies cancer was diagnosed earlier amid cover-up claims

Joe Biden waits to speak about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2025 [Susan Walsh/AP]

Former United States President Joe Biden was not diagnosed with prostate cancer before last week, and received his “last known” blood test for the disease more than a decade ago, his office has said.

The Biden camp’s statement on Tuesday came as critics, including current President Donald Trump, stoked scepticism over the timing of the diagnosis, which has reanimated questions about whether the former president misled the public about his health while in office.

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