Tue May 20 03:08:42 UTC 2025: **Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Sparks Controversy: Trump Alleges Cover-Up, Doctors Question Timing**
**WASHINGTON D.C.** – Former President Joe Biden’s recent diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer has ignited a political firestorm, with former President Donald Trump suggesting a deliberate cover-up during Biden’s time in office. News of the diagnosis also comes as Biden’s health was already under renewed scrutiny ahead of the publication of a new book detailing the alleged coverup of his physical and mental deterioration by his inner circle.
Biden’s office announced Sunday that he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, classified as Gleason grade 9, indicating a highly aggressive type of cancer. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, late-stage prostate cancer has an average five-year survival rate of 28 percent.
Trump, speaking at the White House on Monday, expressed skepticism about the timeline of the diagnosis, stating, “I’m surprised that the public wasn’t notified a long time ago… Why did it take so long? This takes a long time, it can take years to get this level of danger.” He also questioned the integrity of Biden’s former physicians, implying they were “not telling the facts.”
Several medical professionals have also weighed in, raising doubts about the suddenness of the diagnosis. Dr. Steven Quay, CEO of Atossa Therapeutics, suggested it would be “malpractice” for such advanced cancer to be diagnosed for the first time in May 2025, implying Biden may have been living with the condition during his presidency.
Yale University radiology professor Howard Forman echoed these concerns, stating it was “inconceivable” that the cancer would go undetected due to regular PSA tests.
However, prostate cancer expert Dr. Daniel W. Lin of UW Medicine offered a more nuanced perspective, acknowledging that while Biden “very likely” had cancer for years, it’s possible he wasn’t regularly screened due to evolving recommendations on PSA testing for older men. Lin also raised the possibility of a rarer form of cancer undetectable by PSA tests.
Peter Black, director of the Vancouver Prostate Centre in Canada, said his best guess was that Biden had an age-appropriate PSA that didn’t raise any alarms, and that a diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer is usually associated with a very high PSA, but in a small minority of patients the PSA is actually normal.
Biden, in a social media post, thanked supporters for their encouragement, writing, “Cancer touches us all… Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places.”
The controversy surrounding Biden’s diagnosis coincides with renewed scrutiny of his health, fueled by the upcoming release of “Original Sin” by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson. The book reportedly contains accounts of Biden’s alleged cognitive decline while in office. Trump linked the diagnosis to these concerns, stating, “If you take a look, it’s the same doctor that said Joe was cognitively fine, there was nothing wrong with him.”
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