{"id":33294,"date":"2026-08-08T21:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33294"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:57:43","slug":"hunter-biden-reveals-his-fathers-cancer-has-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33294","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden reveals his father&#8217;s cancer has spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/ZoomIn-Bidens_092723_AP_AndrewHarnik.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n        <iframe id=\"instaread_iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audio Article\" style=\"display:block\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p><\/instaread-player><\/p>\n<p>Former President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/5901758-joe-biden-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-jill-biden\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/5901758-joe-biden-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-jill-biden\/\">cancer<\/a> has spread to other parts of his body, his son Hunter Biden revealed in an interview, describing the disease as \u201cvery painful\u201d and \u201cvery debilitating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy8ey458pv5o\">the BBC\u2019s \u201cNewsnight\u201d<\/a> Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s really sad to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Several months after leaving the White House, the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5306632-biden-diagnosed-prostate-cancer\/\">announced<\/a> in May 2025 that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. At the time, his office said the cancer appeared to be \u201chormone-sensitive,\u201d allowing for \u201ceffective management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden became emotional during the interview while discussing his father\u2019s condition, saying that watching the former president\u2019s health decline has been \u201creally hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that I\u2019d say about my dad, about his health right now, is I wish he would complain more, because it\u2019s not good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the cancer\u2019s progression, Hunter Biden said his 83-year-old father remains active and engaged in public life.<\/p>\n<p>Former first lady Jill Biden said in a June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lNvggHmdsAU\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lNvggHmdsAU\">\u201cThe View\u201d appearance<\/a> that, while things have \u201cslowed down\u201d for her husband since his diagnosis, he is still keeping busy.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/5969700-biden-promise-me-america-memoir\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/5969700-biden-promise-me-america-memoir\/\">memoir<\/a> slated to come out around the November midterm elections \u2014 and a late July controversy surrounding leaked audio files appearing to show the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5994933-biden-audio-recordings-released\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5994933-biden-audio-recordings-released\/\">sharing classified information<\/a> with a ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017 \u2014 former President Biden seldom weighs in on the current political landscape.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In June, however, he delivered a speech a Democratic Party Gala in Maryland \u2014 swiping at President Trump\u2019s multiple Washington D.C. renovation projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just his vanity projects \u2026 putting his name on the Kennedy Center. Building an arch in his own honor. Even hiring his own pool guy to fix the reflecting pool,\u201d the former president said. \u201cWhoa, what a loser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s still doing his thing,\u201d Hunter Biden said during Friday\u2019s BBC interview. \u201cHe so believes in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hunter Biden also reflected on his father\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/jill-biden-admits-joe-biden-stumbled-at-2024-debate-hes-having-a-stroke-rising\/11832511\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/jill-biden-admits-joe-biden-stumbled-at-2024-debate-hes-having-a-stroke-rising\/11832511\/\">infamous<\/a> June 2024 debate performance against President Trump, saying he felt \u201cshocked\u201d while watching from home in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew something was wrong,\u201d he said of the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden said his father remains at the \u201ccenter of our family\u201d as he undergoes treatment, calling the former president the \u201cbest father, the best husband, the best grandfather.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. 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