Biden says he wouldn't have run in 2024 if he knew about his cancer
Biden said he would have ended his 2024 bid sooner if he had known he had cancer and rejected claims he hid the illness.
- Former President Joe Biden told PEOPLE in an interview released Tuesday that he would not have pursued a 2024 reelection bid had he known he had cancer; Biden, now 83, received a metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis months after leaving the White House in 2025.
- Biden maintained the CNN Presidential Debate in June 2024, held five months before Election Day, was not a defining event, even as it intensified Democrats' concerns regarding his age—81 at the time—and his capacity to defeat Republican Donald Trump.
- Defending his tenure, Biden insisted he remained fully capable of serving while in office, arguing age brought essential experience and deep relationships with world leaders. "I believe that on an objective basis, I was the best-equipped person to do the job," he said.
- Since Joe Biden left office, Hunter Biden has adopted a more prominent public persona, sparring with Republicans on social media. Joe Biden defended his decision to pardon his son, citing Republican Donald Trump's propensity for vengeance against perceived enemies.
- Ahead of the release next week of his memoir, "Promise Me, America," Hunter Biden told the BBC that his father's cancer had spread. "It's very painful and it's very debilitating in many respects," he said.
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The former president spoke of his diagnosis of prostate cancer and again minimized the debate that ended with his candidacy
Biden says he wouldn’t have run for second term if he’d known he had cancer
Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was US president and would not have sought a second term if he already had been diagnosed. The former Democratic president’s comments came in an interview with People magazine before the release of his White House memoir on Tuesday. “If I had known that I was feeling lousy because I had cancer,” said Biden, who turns 84 on November 20, “I would’ve not gone forward” with a 2024 re-election bid…
Biden says he wouldn’t have run for a second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer - WXXV News 25
Niall Carson/ PA via APBy BILL BARROW ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was president and would not have sought a second term if he already had been diagnosed. The former Democratic president’s comments came in an interview with People magazine before the release of his White House memoir on Tuesday....
Biden: 80-Year-Old With Cancer Shouldn't Run for President
Former President Joe Biden says he would not have run for re-election had he known he had prostate cancer. In an exclusive interview with People in which there were "no questions off the table," the 83-year-old says that if he had known during the 2024 race that cancer was what...
Former President Joe Biden said in an interview published Wednesday that his performance in the 2024 debate with Donald Trump “didn’t matter much” and that he would not have sought a second term if he had known he was suffering from cancer. The interview with PEOPLE magazine comes just before the release of Biden’s presidential memoir, “Promise Me, America,” which is due out next week. The July 2024 debate, during which Biden appeared confused a…
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