Ex-President Joe Biden's cancer has spread, is very painful, son says

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August 8, 2026 3:34 PM EDT

Former U.S. President Joe Biden attends a ceremony, at Veterans Memorial Park, in New Castle, Delaware, U.S. May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

By Jan Wolfe

Aug ‌8 (Reuters) - Former ​U.S. ​President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread beyond his bones and is very ‌painful, his son, Hunter Biden, said in an ⁠interview with the BBC.

• “The cancer has spread, metastasized into ‌his bones and further,” ‌Hunter Biden told BBC's "Newsnight," according to video posted online on Friday. “It’s very painful and it’s very ​debilitating in many respects.”

• A spokesman for the 83-year-old Democrat declined on Saturday to ⁠comment on Hunter Biden's interview.

• Biden revealed in May 2025, less than ​four months after he left the White House, that he had been diagnosed ​with an "aggressive form" of prostate ‌cancer, saying at the time that it had spread to his bones.

• A ⁠Biden spokesman said in October he was undergoing radiation treatment and hormone therapy.

• Biden was the oldest ⁠person to win the U.S. presidency at the time of ​his election in 2020.

• Biden's physical health and mental acuity drew scrutiny during his 2021 to 2025 presidency.

• Biden ‌attended the dedication of Barack Obama's presidential library in June in Chicago. Biden ‌served as Obama's vice president from 2009 to ⁠2017.

• Biden's presidential ‌memoir is scheduled ​for release on November 17.

(Reporting by Jan Wolfe; Editing by Sergio Non and Cynthia ‌Osterman)


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