In an interview with the BBC on Friday, former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, said that his father’s cancer is spreading in what he described as a “very debilitating” and “painful” process.“It’s really hard,” Hunter Biden told the BBC about his father’s condition in a televised interview.“It’s really sad to watch.” “I wish he would complain more, because it’s not good.
The cancer has spread, it has metastasized into his bones and further.It’s very painful, and it’s very debilitating in many respects but he’s still out there and he’s still doing his thing,” he added.
His remarks come after former first lady Jill Biden told NBC News in June that Biden would live with cancer forever.“He’s doing OK,” she told “Today Show,” co-host Craig Melvin.
“I think if he had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, that’s 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.”“That diagnosis can be cured: You can go through radiation or whatever.
You can be cured, and you’ll be fine.Unfortunately for Joe, it metastasized to his bones, which means that he will forever live with cancer,” Jill Biden added.Months after he left office, in May 2025, the former president’s personal office shared that he’d been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.In September 2025, the Biden family shared that Joe Biden had wrapped up a course of radiation therapy and hormone treatment, though it was unclear whether the former president would require more cancer care.Last year, Joe Biden’s office also shared that he’d undergone surgery to remove cancerous skin cells.Speaking to the BBC about his father’s cancer, Hunter Biden was emotional, telling the outlet, “He is our rock.
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