President Biden Diagnosed with Cancer That Has 'Spread to the Bone'

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

NBC News reports Biden, 82, was diagnosed less than two days ago.

In a statement, his personal office said, “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.”

As dire as that sounds, there is reason for hope.

“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease," the statement went on, "he cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management."

The statement concluded, "The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”

Biden posted a message to his official Instagram account shortly after the bad news. Alongside an image of himself with Jill, he wrote, "Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support."

Biden's son Hunter Biden said via a statement, "For my entire life, I’ve looked at my dad in awe. How could he suffer so much heartache and yet give so much of whatever remained of his heart to others? Not only in the policies he passed, but in the individual lives he’s touched."

“Over a life time," he went on, "I have witnessed him absorb the pain of countless everyday Americans who he’s given his personal phone number to, because he wanted them to call him when they were hurting. When their last hopes were slipping through their hands. That unconditional love has been his North Star as a President, and as a parent. He is unique in public life today, in that there is no distance between Joe Biden the man and Joe Biden the public servant of the last 54 years."

He concluded, “I’m so lucky every night I get to tell him I love him, and to thank him. I ask all Americans to join me tonight in doing the same. Thank you, Mr. President. I love you, Dad.”

Biden's other son, Beau Biden, died of brain cancer at 46 in 2015.

Former VP Kamala Harris reacted to the news of the former president's cancer on social media, writing, "[Former Second Gentleman] Doug [Emoff] and I are saddened to learn of President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis. We are keeping him, Dr. Biden, and their entire family in our hearts and prayers during this time. Joe is a fighter — and I know he will face this challenge with the same strength, resilience, and optimism that have always defined his life and leadership. We are hopeful for a full and speedy recovery."

Former President Barack Obama, under whom Biden served two terms as VP, wrote on X, "Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery."

People magazine reports that President Trump's Truth Social account issued the statement, "[First Lady] Melania [Trump] and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery."

Shockingly, Donald Trump Jr. mocked President Biden's condition, suggesting his wife — who is not a medical doctor — should have somehow detected the cancer earlier, and even implying the diagnosis could be part of a "cover-up." He wrote, "What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup???"

Biden, the oldest person to ever hold the presidency (Trump is the oldest to be inaugurated), had been tentatively making more public appearances since Democrats lost the White House in November.

On May 8, Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden joined "The View," slamming President Trump's first 100 days and taking responsibility for Trump winning a second, nonconsecutive term.

Biden, only the second Catholic ever elected president, made his first major public appearance since leaving office at the April 26 funeral of Pope Francis.

Before that, on March 23, the Bidens attended the opening of "Othello" on Broadway, posing happily with cast members, including stars Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal.

President Biden has been the subject of many news segments of late as Democrats attempt to assess blame for Trump's victory, and due to the release of the controversial book "Original Sin," by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, which claims Biden was slipping cognitively in his final year or so as president, and that it was covered up by those around him, a scenario the Bidens have denied.