President Joe Biden stands along with his son Hunter Biden after the president arrived on the Delaware Air Nationwide Guard Base in New Fortress, Delaware, June 11, 2024.
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Former President Joe Biden’s prostate most cancers has unfold additional, his son Hunter Biden stated in a BBC interview, providing a stark replace on the 83-year-old’s well being.
“It is actually, actually arduous, and it is actually unhappy to look at… I want he would complain extra, as a result of it is not good,” Hunter Biden stated within the interview. “The most cancers has unfold, is metastasized into his bones and additional. It’s extremely painful. It’s extremely debilitating in lots of respects, however he is nonetheless on the market. He is nonetheless doing his factor… he so believes on this nation.”
Joe Biden was recognized in Could 2025 with an aggressive type of prostate most cancers. The previous president later underwent hormone therapy and a course of radiation remedy.
Within the wide-ranging BBC interview, Hunter Biden additionally mentioned his father’s determination to pardon him within the closing weeks of his presidency, saying he stays deeply grateful for the transfer.
“I’m probably the most privileged particular person, because it pertains to that, that there may presumably be,” Hunter Biden stated. “I used to be certainly one of one, and I am eternally grateful for it.”
Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon to his son in December 2024, reversing earlier pledges that he wouldn’t use his presidential powers to intervene in Hunter Biden’s federal legal instances. The pardon coated his convictions on federal gun and tax prices.
