Former President Biden completed a round of radiation therapy to treat his aggressive prostate cancer on Monday, according to a Biden spokesperson.
The course lasted several weeks, and the former president is “doing well,” the spokesperson told The Hill’s sister network, NewsNation.
He did not comment on whether Biden’s medical team thinks he will need any additional rounds of radiation treatment.
First this monthA spokesperson for the former president said, “As part of his treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment.”
NBC News, citing a source familiar with the matter, said, reported at the time Treatment was expected to last five weeks.
Biden, 82, was diagnosed With cancer in May. A spokesperson at the time said that the disease was “characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (grade group 5) with metastases to the bone” and appeared to be “hormone-sensitive”, allowing management.
After his initial diagnosis this spring, Biden took to social media express gratitude There was an outpouring of support after his announcement.
“Cancer touches all of us. Like many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places,” Biden Wrote on social platformSharing a photo of himself, former first lady Jill Biden, and their cat, Willow.
