Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones, his office announced Sunday (May 18).
The statement noted that Biden, 82, initially experienced urinary symptoms, and on examination, doctors had found a nodule in his prostate. On Friday (May 16), he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The cancer was "characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone," the statement said, as reported by BBC News. Once prostate cancer has spread to the bones, the survival rate drops significantly.
