section_path: Post-presidency (2025–present)/Health
section_name: Health
paragraph_text: Health
  
  On May 18, Biden's personal office announced that he had been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer with bone metastasis during a routine physical examination. According to his medical team, the cancer is hormone-sensitive, and treatment options were being reviewed. The cancer has spread from his prostate to other tissue in his body and his urinary symptoms have increased as well. As of the diagnosis, the cancer has a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5). On May 30, Biden confirmed that he had begun a six-week course of oral medication to be followed by additional therapy.
  
  On May 18, Biden's personal office announced that he had been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer with bone metastasis during a routine physical examination. According to his medical team, the cancer is hormone-sensitive, and treatment options were being reviewed. The cancer has spread from his prostate to other tissue in his body and his urinary symptoms have increased as well. As of the diagnosis, the cancer has a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5). On May 30, Biden confirmed that he had begun a six-week course of oral medication to be followed by additional therapy.