# Joe Biden diagnosed with Prostate Cancer **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [May 18, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513 "2025-05-18T20:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/161 "2025-05-23T18:33:36Z")
I do think people with at least one long-lived parent also tend to be rosy about their own prospects for life span. Biden’s mother lived to, what, late 90s? I’m sure he believed that was a strong likelihood for himself, too. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/162 "2025-05-23T18:37:29Z")
That’s a good point. My grandmother and both my aunts lived forever, and until my mother died in her mid 80s, i had higher expectations for my own longevity then i have now. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/163 "2025-05-23T18:38:52Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Biden’s mother lived to, what, late 90s? His father lived to 86, his mother to 96. So, yes, good longevity. Other than two aneurysms and a post-surgical embolism in 1988, when he was 45 (all of which kept him away from the Senate for a number of months), I’m not sure that Biden had any particular health issues or crises prior to becoming president. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/164 "2025-05-23T19:02:44Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That’s a good point. My grandmother and both my aunts lived forever, and until my mother died in her mid 80s, i had higher expectations for my own longevity then i have now. I have a sorta-similar take. We all tend to remember the long-lived ones as fulfilling their potential and discount the short-lived ones as folks who got unlucky. Three of my four grandparents died of old age at an age that would be respectable today, much less for people born between 1880 & 1910. The other one died early and somehow that was bad luck, not bad longevity. By coincidence, in two weeks I will attain the age my dad was when he died. When he was my age today he was in deep shit in the hospital for the last time. But his demise was premature bad luck, not bad longevity, and I’m sure I’ll be fine and will last a long time to come in good health. Or at least that’s what I keep repeating to myself. Maybe I’ll even convince myself. An odd sensation to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/165 "2025-05-23T21:11:16Z")
Yeah, my dad died at 59, but I don’t consider it at all when considering how long I might last. He smoked at least two packs a day since he was thirteen, and he died of lung cancer, heart disease, and emphysema. The trifecta for smokers. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/166 "2025-05-24T01:06:20Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Curiously to me, I have not had a digital exam since then, through three different PCPs and a new urologist. Digital is the new anal log. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/167 "2025-05-24T02:11:15Z")
That was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/169 "2025-05-24T13:49:07Z")
Given that Biden has not been forthcoming about his health in other areas, I am not going to automatically assume that he is telling the truth about the timing of this diagnosis. And I don’t think that’s a terribly wrong thing to say given recent history. It’s nevertheless awful news, and I wish him comfort and many years ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/170 "2025-05-24T15:10:03Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > Curiously to me, I have not had a digital exam since then, through three different PCPs and a new urologist. > > Digital is the new anal log. Not quite sure that’s the meme I want to be known for, but they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/171 "2025-05-27T17:07:17Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Digital is the new anal log. Oh, ouch! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/172 "2025-05-31T08:42:15Z")
**[Interesting and relevant article](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/the-dose/prostate-cancer-lifespan-1.7546164)** about new treatments: ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/173 "2025-06-01T11:46:50Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > At his age there is no point in treating prostate cancer, the treatment will just speed up his death. Well… not exactly. I think an argument can be made to not treat with the intent to “cure” or put into remission an aggressive, fast-growing cancer that has spread so widely in a man Biden’s age (and we don’t know what other complicating health issues he may have). But very much there are treatments that can extend life, extend/improve quality of life, and prevent suffering. These days people can live years with “terminal” or “untreatable” cancer. The focus changes from trying to effect a cure to maximizing what’s left of life and health. That’s still treating him. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/174 "2026-08-08T02:42:38Z")
Hunter Biden issued a statement, implying that things are getting worse and he may not have much longer. > **[723K views · 33K reactions | Hunter Biden has said that his father’s cancer...](https://www.facebook.com/reel/1039400725353428)** > > Hunter Biden has said that his father’s cancer “has spread, metastasized into his bones and further”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/175 "2026-08-08T03:42:15Z")
I expect any day now that Trump will try to either have Biden indicted before he dies, or issue an executive order banning Biden’s death until after he’s sent to prison. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/176 "2026-08-08T05:44:58Z")
I would like to know how the latter could be done. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/177 "2026-08-08T05:57:28Z")
Trump limiting himself to trying to do things that can be done is an interesting concept. Please tell me more. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/178 "2026-08-08T05:59:29Z")
What i would fully expect is for Trump to do all he can to deny Biden the sorts of honors which a former President usually receives: flags flown at half-mast, lying in state in Washington, a state funeral, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/179 "2026-08-08T06:52:41Z")
Absolutely agreed. “He hired Fauci, who lied to you and was in charge of closing the CDC in Wuhan where disease was discovered in 2018! He didn’t want to waste money where it wasn’t needed!!” (Typical Trump lies continued) ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/180 "2026-08-08T11:34:37Z")
Stranger things have happened! > **[Cadaver Synod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod)** > > The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial; Latin: Synodus Horrenda) is the name commonly given to the ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, who had been dead for about nine months, in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January 897. The trial was conducted by Pope Stephen VI, the successor to Formosus's successor, Pope Boniface VI. Stephen had Formosus's corpse exhumed and brought to the papal court for judgment. He accused Formosus of perjury, of having acceded to the papa T... ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513/181 "2026-08-08T12:04:51Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > Stranger things have happened! Given what happened to the last guy who tried this stunt, I don’t think we should try to talk Trump out of it. > A public uprising deposed and imprisoned Stephen [the guy who put his predecessor’s corpse on trial]. He was strangled in prison in July or August 897. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513.md?page=10)