Doctors Explain How Prostate Cancer Spreads to the Bones as Joe Biden's Health Takes a Sharp Turn

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in American men, with about six in 10 cases found in those aged 65 and older (Credit: The White House 46/X)

Former US President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread further into his bones and turned painful and debilitating, his son Hunter said this week, turning a public health decline into a wake-up call about the screening most American men skip.

Speaking to BBC Newsnight in an interview broadcast on Friday, Hunter Biden said his father's disease had worsened despite treatment. 'The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further,' he said, describing the 83-year-old's condition as painful and hard to watch. It was the family's bluntest update since Biden's last public appearance in June.