{"id":33475,"date":"2026-08-08T23:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33475"},"modified":"2026-08-08T23:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:53:54","slug":"hunter-biden-says-joe-bidens-cancer-has-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33475","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden says Joe Biden\u2019s 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:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit_1500w\/rockcms\/2025-10\/251020-joe-biden-mn-0950-81a9b8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-ab2715\" class=\"body-graf\">Former President Joe Biden\u2019s son Hunter Biden told the BBC on Friday that his father\u2019s cancer is spreading, describing it as \u201cvery debilitating\u201d and \u201cpainful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-32625d\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIt\u2019s really hard,\u201d Hunter Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NbX8Pp2qbZY\" target=\"_blank\">told the British broadcaster <\/a>about his father\u2019s condition in a televised interview. \u201cIt\u2019s really sad to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-210329\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cI wish he would complain more, because it\u2019s not good. The cancer has spread, it has metastasized into his bones and further. It\u2019s very painful, and it\u2019s very debilitating in many respects, but he\u2019s still out there and he\u2019s still doing his thing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-326947\" class=\"body-graf\">His remarks come after former first lady Jill Biden told NBC News in June that Joe Biden would live with cancer forever.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9f3c90\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cHe\u2019s doing OK,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/news\/jill-biden-joe-biden-candidacy-health-concerns-today-show-book-rcna347566\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTODAY\u201d<\/a> show co-host Craig Melvin. \u201cI think if he had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, that\u2019s one thing because that can be cured, but the fact that it metastasized to his bones, that makes it a whole different story. And so I think Joe will live with cancer till the rest of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7b7559\" class=\"body-graf\">In May 2025, months after he left office, the former president\u2019s personal office shared that he\u2019d been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/former-president-joe-biden-diagnosed-prostate-cancer-rcna207571\" target=\"_blank\">diagnosed<\/a> with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-41b63c\" class=\"body-graf\">In September 2025, the Biden family shared that Joe Biden had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/biden-completes-course-radiation-treatment-prostate-cancer-rcna238802\" target=\"_blank\">wrapped up a course<\/a> of radiation therapy and hormone treatment, though it was unclear whether the former president would require more cancer care.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-0ca3e5\" class=\"body-graf\">Last year, Joe Biden\u2019s office also shared that he\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/biden-undergoes-skin-cancer-surgery-months-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-rcna229205\" target=\"_blank\">undergone surgery<\/a> to remove cancerous skin cells.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-653231\" class=\"body-graf\">Speaking to the BBC about his father\u2019s cancer, Hunter Biden was emotional, telling the outlet: \u201cHe is our rock. He has been there for each one of us in a way that is hard for me to even possibly articulate and explain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-90e8a5\" class=\"body-graf\">In the interview, Hunter Biden also spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/joe-biden-issue-pardon-son-hunter-biden-rcna182369\" target=\"_blank\">the pardon<\/a> he was granted from his father just before he left office, which applied to any crimes committed from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e7f3e8\" class=\"body-graf\">At the time, Hunter Biden was facing federal gun charges and had pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ddacf5\" class=\"body-graf\">On Friday, Hunter Biden said the pardon was \u201cnot fair\u201d but added: \u201cAll I know is that I\u2019m grateful that he did it for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-00122d\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIt\u2019s something that is easily criticized, and for good reason,\u201d he said, adding later: \u201cI was the only one in the world that could have gotten what I got from the only person in the world who could give it, my father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-84a2db\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Previously, on California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s podcast, Hunter Biden said that his father\u2019s decision to issue a pardon meant that the former president \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/hunter-biden-gavin-newsom-podcast-presidential-pardon-legacy-rcna349837\" target=\"_blank\">chose me over his legacy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Joe Biden\u2019s son Hunter Biden told the BBC on Friday that his father\u2019s cancer is spreading, describing it as \u201cvery debilitating\u201d and \u201cpainful.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s really hard,\u201d Hunter Biden told the British broadcaster about his father\u2019s condition in a televised interview. \u201cIt\u2019s really sad to watch.\u201d \u201cI wish he would complain more, because it\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-10\/251020-joe-biden-mn-0950-81a9b8.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}