{"id":34081,"date":"2026-08-09T06:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34081"},"modified":"2026-08-09T06:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:48:54","slug":"ex-president-joe-bidens-cancer-has-spread-is-very-painful-son-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34081","title":{"rendered":"Ex-President Joe Biden&#8217;s cancer has spread, is very painful, son says"},"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<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By Jan Wolfe<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aug 8 (Reuters) &#8211; Former U.S. President Joe Biden&#8217;s prostate cancer has spread beyond \u200chis bones and is very painful, his \u200cson, Hunter Biden, said in an interview with the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 &#8220;The cancer \u200bhas spread, metastasized into his bones and further,&#8221; Hunter Biden told BBC&#8217;s &#8220;Newsnight,&#8221; according to video posted online on Friday. &#8220;It&#8217;s very painful and it&#8217;s very debilitating in \u200cmany respects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 A spokesman \u2060for the 83-year-old Democrat declined on Saturday to comment on Hunter Biden&#8217;s interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 \u2060Biden revealed in May 2025, less than four months after he left the White House, that he \u200bhad been \u200bdiagnosed with an &#8220;aggressive form&#8221; \u200bof prostate cancer, saying \u200cat the time that it had spread to his bones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 A Biden spokesman said in October he was undergoing radiation treatment and hormone therapy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 Biden was the oldest person to win the U.S. presidency \u200cat the time of his \u200belection in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 Biden&#8217;s physical \u200bhealth and mental acuity \u200bdrew scrutiny during his 2021 to \u200c2025 presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 Biden attended the \u200bdedication of \u200bBarack Obama&#8217;s presidential library in June in Chicago. 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