Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer—one of the 300,000 new cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer among men behind skin cancer, with about 1 in 8 men diagnosed during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).
Every man’s risk is different, depending on their lifestyle, race/ethnicity, family history, and age. Prostate cancer is more likely to develop in older men, the ACS says. (The average age of men first diagnosed is 67; Biden is 82).
