Former President Joe Biden
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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher
CLEVELAND, Ohio— Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, mainstream news media like the New York Times and ABC News reported Friday, raising further concerns about the former president's health. Health issues and troubling campaign poll numbers forced him to relinquish his 2024 bid for a second term in the White House.
A loyal Democrat, Biden, 82, was a two-term vice president under former President Barack Obama, the country's first Black president, and won the presidency in his own right over now President Donald Trump in 2020. But he bowed out of his 2024 reelection bid amid plummeting poll numbers, pressure from prominent Dems, and criticism from the mainstream media that he and the Democrats were covering up his deteriorating health.
A Republican real estate mogul and former reality star, Trump, 78, would win a second non-consecutive term in 2024 over then-Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation's first Black and first female presidential nominee, of whom Biden and the Democrats endorsed.
Harris fought to win months leading up to the November 2024 presidential election, but to no avail as Trump, who won the presidency over then Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016 relative to his first term in office, ultimately won both the electoral college and the popular vote over Harris.
President Trump stated this weekend on his Truth Social media site that he and First Lady Melania Trump are pulling for former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and the Biden family, and that "we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery."
Two U.S. presidents, Ulysses S. Grant and Herbert Hoover, have died from cancer. Grant died from throat cancer while in office, and Hoover died from colon cancer after he left office.
Biden's cancer diagnosis announcement comes as President Trump has sought to limit cancer and other critical research since taking office for a second, non-consecutive term in January.
Prostate cancer is a common cancer in Black men, who have a higher risk of developing and dying from the disease compared to other racial groups.
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