Biden says he wouldn't have run in 2024 if he knew about his cancer
Biden said he would have left the race earlier and rejected claims that he hid his illness, as his memoir release nears.
- 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 of the United States has returned to the last months of his term, as well as to his withdrawal from the presidential race of 2024.
Former U.S. President Joe Biden, who is battling prostate cancer, refuted allegations that he concealed his cancer diagnosis to run for re-election in the 2024 presidential election. In an interview with the U.S. magazine People, released on the 11th (local time), former President Biden said, “If I had known that I was not feeling well because of cancer, I (after
Former US President Joe Biden revealed that he was unaware of his metastatic prostate cancer while he was president. He said that if he had known about it earlier, he would not have run in the 2024 election. Biden also defended his pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, saying it was necessary due to Trump's vindictive nature.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = Former U.S. President Joe Biden, who is battling prostate cancer, is running for re-election in the 2024 presidential election despite knowing of his cancer diagnosis...
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