Former President Joe Biden is receiving radiation therapy and hormone treatment as he battles prostate cancer, according to multiple reports.
Biden, 82, is responding to treatment and doing well, CBS News reported. The treatment will reportedly last five weeks, and began in Philadelphia a few weeks ago.
“As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” a spokesperson said to the outlet.
Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025, and underwent a procedure to remove skin cancer from his forehead in September.
President Donald Trump showed support for Biden following his cancer diagnosis, posting to social media that he and Melania wished the former president a “fast and successful recovery.”
Trump himself also underwent a comprehensive follow-up evaluation Friday at Walter Reed National Military Center. In addition to visiting troops there, he received preventative health screenings and immunizations ahead of his trip to Egypt to participate in the official signing of the Israel-Hamas peace deal.
President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center pic.twitter.com/OuB4whYm6K
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Trump left his appointment demonstrating “excellent overall health” as he maintains “a demanding daily schedule without restriction.”
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I’m in the medical professions and familiar with the radiation treatments and chemotherapy President Biden will not be receiving. First, it re mains SHOCKING in today’s medicine that ANY older man receiving basic, routine medical care and monitoring would EVER unknowingly progress to metastatic advanced prostate cancer. The only men today who are first diagnosed with prostate cancer that has already spread are men that are not getting routine standard exams and care.
For the frail man that he now is, the weeks of radiation plus the potent drugs he will be receiving are together going to be extremely rough on his body. His remaining lifespan I’d fear is quite short.