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The Economic Times
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Joe Biden cancer update: Disease spreads further despite treatment, son says it is ‘very painful’ and debilitating

Former US President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread beyond his bones despite treatment, his son Hunter Biden said in a BBC interview, providing a new update on the health of the 83-year-old former president.

In May 2025, about four months after leaving office as the oldest sitting US president, Biden revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.

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