{"id":20719,"date":"2026-09-18T10:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=20719"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:30:53","slug":"joe-biden-shares-health-update-after-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-and-warns-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=20719","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Shares Health Update After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis \u2014 And Warns Others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Joe Biden has shared a hopeful update on his prostate cancer treatment, saying radiation therapy he underwent last fall \u201cworked as intended.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 83-year-old former president shared the update on September 8, 2026, during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden thanked the doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who have cared for him and urged men not to delay conversations about prostate cancer screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTalk to your doctors. Ask the hard questions,\u201d Biden wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in May 2025 after the disease had spread to his bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His latest update offers encouragement, but he did not provide detailed information about his current prognosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American Cancer Society recommends that men discuss prostate cancer screening with their doctors around age 50 if they are at average risk. Black men and those with a family history may need to start earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early detection can make a major difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Joe Biden has shared a hopeful update on his prostate cancer treatment, saying radiation therapy he underwent last fall \u201cworked as intended.\u201d The 83-year-old former president shared the update on September 8, 2026, during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Biden thanked the doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who have cared for him and urged &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20721,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719\/revisions\/20721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}