Former US President Joe Biden told the press on Friday that he feels “good” and “optimistic” for the future, in his first public statement after announcing that he is suffering from prostate cancer.
Joe Biden, former US President Photo: Profimedia
“The prognosis is good. (…) I feel good”said Joe Biden, 82 years old, after an event marking “Memorial Day“, a day that pays homage to the American soldiers who died on the mission.
“We are all optimistic about the diagnosis. In fact, one of the best surgeons in the world works with me,” he added, writes Agerpres.
Joe Biden's press service announced on May 18 that the former Democrat president was diagnosed a few days earlier with a form. “aggressive ” of prostate cancer with “bone metastases”. This cancer is of the 9th level on the Gleason scale, which evaluates the levels of aggression of prostate cancers on a scale of up to 10.
The Democrat explained on Friday that he decided to follow a regimen in his treatment. “Our forecast is that we will defeat “this cancer,” he added.
“It is not in any organ, my bones are solid, it has not penetrated. So I feel good ”he repeated.
The announcement of his cancer diagnosis resuscitated speculation, powered by his successor Donald Trump and the Republican camp, around a possible hiding state of health of his democrat by his entourage during the mandate.
Joe Biden has retreated late in the race for the presidential elections of 2024, against the background of his health after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump.
Asked on Friday about this controversy, the former president replied with sarcasm: “I am mentally incompetent and I can't go. “
Joe Biden attended a job that commemorated the tenth anniversary of his son Beau, who died at 46, in 2015, from brain cancer. “To be honest, it's a difficult day, ” he acknowledged.
