{"id":6669,"date":"2025-05-20T22:07:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/bidens-last-prostate-cancer-blood-test-was-in-2014-spokesperson-says\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T22:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:07:43","slug":"bidens-last-prostate-cancer-blood-test-was-in-2014-spokesperson-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/bidens-last-prostate-cancer-blood-test-was-in-2014-spokesperson-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden’s last prostate cancer blood test was in 2014, spokesperson says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former President Joe Biden received his last known blood test to check for prostate cancer in 2014, a spokesperson said Tuesday \u2014 two days after Biden revealed<\/a><\/span> he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer.<\/p>\n

“Prior to Friday, President Biden had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer,” the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

Biden turned 72 in 2014, putting him toward the end of the typical age range for prostate cancer screenings. Doctors generally recommend<\/a><\/span> halting routine testing after the age of 70 or 75 because prostate cancer is often slow-growing in older men, and the risks of testing and treatment can outweigh the benefits, CBS News medical contributor Dr. C\u00e9line Gounder says<\/a>.<\/p>\n

President Trump on Monday speculated about how long Biden may have had cancer, saying he’s “surprised” that “the public wasn’t notified a long time ago.”<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said Biden’s 2014 exam \u2014 administered when he was vice president \u2014 was a prostate specific antigen test, a type of blood test. It’s one of two forms<\/a><\/span> of prostate cancer screening, along with a digital rectal exam conducted by a doctor.<\/p>\n

Biden had a physical<\/a> in early 2024, during the last year of his presidency. A six-page report<\/a> released at the time by his physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, did not mention testing for prostate cancer, and described him as generally healthy.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Biden was diagnosed with benign enlargement of the prostate<\/a><\/span>, a very common condition<\/a> that affects about 80% of men over 70.<\/p>\n

The former president was diagnosed<\/a><\/span> with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer on Friday, his office said Sunday. He was evaluated<\/a><\/span> after a “small nodule” was found in his prostate during a routine exam, his team disclosed earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Biden’s office said his cancer has a Gleason score of 9 \u2014 the second-highest value on the prostate cancer grading system \u2014 “with metastasis to the bone.” The statement added that “the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”<\/p>\n

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