Cancer
Biden says he would have resigned if he had known he had cancer
Biden said he would have resigned and not sought a second term if he had known his cancer was causing him to feel ill.
Joe Biden said in a People magazine interview that if he had known his cancer was causing him to feel ill while he was president, he would have resigned and would not have pursued a second term. He also denied hiding the diagnosis, saying the public was told when he learned what was happening.
Biden’s office announced in May 2025 that he had an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones, according to Time and The Hill. Biden said the undiagnosed cancer did not interfere with his presidential duties. He ended his 2024 reelection campaign weeks after a June debate with Donald Trump and endorsed Kamala Harris, according to MedPage Today and Time.
