Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. spent final Friday at a hospital in Philadelphia after a “small nodule” was found on his prostate that required “additional analysis,” in keeping with a spokesman.
It’s common for a person of Mr. Biden’s age — he’s 82 — to expertise prostate points, and his spokesman declined to elaborate on any extra particulars about his care.
Mr. Biden left workplace because the oldest serving president in American historical past. He was dogged all through his presidency by considerations about his age and his well being, which finally led him to desert his re-election marketing campaign.
In February 2024, when Mr. Biden was nonetheless president, his longtime physician declared him “match to serve” after he underwent a routine bodily at Walter Reed Nationwide Army Medical Heart.
Mr. Biden has stored a comparatively low profile since leaving workplace in November, however he sat for 2 interviews final week after Mr. Trump’s first 100 days in workplace. The day earlier than Mr. Biden was on the hospital in Philadelphia, he and the previous first woman, Jill Biden, had been in Manhattan for a joint interview on “The View.” Mr. Biden defended his record as president and his psychological acuity.
“They’re unsuitable,” Mr. Biden stated of studies that he had declined in his closing 12 months in workplace. “There’s nothing to maintain that.”
