FORMER President Joe Biden will need to go for further testing after doctors made a troubling discovery during a recent exam, according to reports.
A doctor reportedly found a “small nodule” on the former president’s prostate.
“In a routine physical exam a small nodule was found in the prostate which necessitated further evaluation,” a spokesperson for Biden told ABC News.
The small nodule refers to a firm lump or swelling in the body, which can be harmless or cancerous.
It’s too early to know exactly what the nodule is, ABC reported, but prostate issues for a man his age are extremely common.
During Biden’s last year as president, concerns began to swirl about his mental and physical health, especially after he contracted Covid-19 just before dropping out of the presidential race in July.
He left the office as the oldest serving US president to date.
Discussion about Biden’s reportedly deteriorating health forced him to abandon his re-election campaign for the 2024 presidential election.
Biden’s performance during the first presidential debate, where he fumbled through his arguments against Donald Trump, led members of the Democratic Party to demand he be replaced.
The former president was replaced by 60-year-old Vice President Kamala Harris in July.
BIDEN’S HEALTH HISTORY
His health issues began long before the 2024 election.
In February 2023, Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest.
Before beginning his presidency, Biden had multiple non-melanoma skin cancers removed with Mohs surgery.
“As expected, the biopsy confirmed that the small lesion was basal cell carcinoma,” White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor said at the time.
“All cancerous tissue was successfully removed. … No further treatment is required.
“Basal cell carcinoma lesions do not tend to ‘spread’ or metastasize, as some more serious skin cancers such as melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma are known to do,” he continued.
Joe Biden’s full letter announcing his withdrawal from campaign
On Sunday, July 21, 2024, 46th US president Joe Biden posted a letter X, formerly known as Twitter, announcing he’s stepping down from the 2024 presidential race.
My Fellow Americans,
Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a Nation.
Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. We’ve made historic investments in rebuilding our Nation, in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable health care to a record number of Americans. We’ve provided critically needed care to a million veterans exposed to toxic substances. Passed the first gun safety law in 30 years. Appointed the first African American woman to the Supreme Court. And passed the most significant climate legislation in the history of the world. America has never been better positioned to lead than we are today.
I know none of this could have been done without you, the American people. Together, we overcame a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We’ve protected and preserved our Democracy. And we’ve revitalized and strengthened our alliances around the world.
It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.
I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.
For now, let me express my deepest gratitude to all those who have worked so hard to see me reelected. I want to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in all this work. And let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the American people for the faith and trust you have placed in me.
I believe today what I always have: that there is nothing America can’t do – when we do it together.
We just have to remember we are the United States of America
“They do, however, have the potential to increase in size, resulting in a more significant issue as well as increased challenges for surgical removal.”
Despite his previous health challenges, the former president’s doctor declared Biden “fit to serve” in February 2024.
O’Connor wrote at that time that Biden can “fully execute all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations.”
“Everything’s great,” Biden said at the time.
FITNESS TO SERVE
Although he was deemed fit to serve, insiders say that Biden’s aides were so concerned about him that they discussed the idea of getting him a wheelchair.
“Biden’s physical deterioration—most apparent in his halting walk—had become so severe that there were internal discussions about putting the president in a wheelchair, but they couldn’t do so until after the election,” CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson wrote in their new book Original Sin, according to Axios.
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