Biden says cancer would have kept him out of 2024 race
What's new: Biden said he was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer only after leaving office in 2025.
Joe Biden said he would not have pursued a second term in 2024 if he had known he had cancer while still in office. In an interview published ahead of his White House memoir, the former president said he did not know cancer was behind his declining health during the campaign. Biden was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer months after leaving office in 2025. He also argued that his poor June 2024 debate against Donald Trump was not decisive, even though it intensified Democratic concerns about his age and fitness. Biden later ended his campaign, backed Vice President Kamala Harris for the nomination and defended his decision to pardon Hunter Biden, saying Trump would have targeted people close to him.