Greenville, Delaware - Former President Joe Biden on Tuesday made a big announcement on the progress of his ongoing prostate treatment and commented on Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
"Every September we mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. This year it's more personal for me," Biden wrote on Tuesday in a post to X. "More than 330,000 American men this year will hear the words we did last spring when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer."
"By the time we found it, it had already spread to my bones," he explained. "When prostate cancer is caught early, the five-year survival is close to 100%. So have the conversation with your doctor. Don't put it off."
He went on to offer advice to men, explaining that most should start getting regular prostate cancer screenings at 50, and should start earlier – at 45-years-old – if they are Black or have a family member who had the disease.
Biden revealed his cancer diagnosis in May 2025, only a few short months after leaving the Oval Office and less than a year since he stepped down from a doomed bid to be reelected as US president in 2024.
Since the announcement, little news has been released by Biden or his family. The most recent update came from his son, Hunter, who in August confirmed in an interview with the BBC that the cancer had spread to Biden's bones.
"The cancer has spread, is metastasized into his bones and further," Hunter explained. "It's very painful, and it's very debilitating in many respects, but he's still out there."
In his post to social media, however, Biden finally provided an update on his cancer treatment and its progress, writing: "The radiation treatment from last fall worked as intended, and I continue to do the things I care about, like finishing my memoir."