On May 18, Biden’s personal office issued a statement which revealed that the former President\u00a0had been diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer.<\/a><\/p>\n The statement continued: “Last week, President\u00a0Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms.<\/p>\n “On Friday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.”<\/p>\n Prostate cancers are\u00a0scored by the Gleason score<\/a>, which measures the severity on a scale of one to 10. This takes into consideration how the cancerous cells look compared to normal cells, which means that a score of nine suggests that the cancer is among the most ‘aggressive’ forms after metastasis (spreads).<\/p>\n It continued: ” While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management. The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”<\/p>\n Former President Joe Biden addressed his health (X\/JoeBiden)<\/cite><\/div>\n Shortly after,\u00a0the 82-year-old broke his silence<\/a>\u00a0when he shared a picture of himself, his wife, Jill, and their cat to\u00a0X<\/a>, writing: “Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places.<\/p>\n “Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”<\/p>\n After the initial statement was released, Trump wrote on Truth Social to\u00a0wish his predecessor a ‘successful recovery’.<\/a><\/p>\n He wrote: “Melania<\/a>\u00a0and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.”<\/p>\n However, since then,\u00a0he’s faced some criticism for certain comments,<\/a>\u00a0and last week, he claimed he was ‘surprised’ that the ‘public wasn’t notified a long time ago’ after Biden’s cancer diagnosis was announced (via<\/a>\u00a0Sky News).<\/p>\n And while speaking with the press on May 30 during his Oval Office press conference regarding\u00a0Elon Musk’s<\/a>\u00a0position in the White House, Trump was asked about Biden’s diagnosis, leading the POTUS to call him ‘somewhat vicious’.<\/p>\n “[Biden’s] been a sort of moderate person over his lifetime,” he said. “Not a smart person, but a somewhat vicious person, I will say.”<\/p>\n Trump called Biden ‘somewhat vicious’ (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n He added: “If you feel sorry for him, don’t feel so sorry, because he’s vicious. What he did with his political opponent and all of the people that he hurt – he hurt a lot of people, Biden, so I really don’t feel sorry for him.”<\/p>\n Before this, Trump also referred to the Biden administration as ‘monsters who want our country to go to hell’, People Magazine\u00a0reports.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&quality=70&width=3840&fit=contain&gravity=auto&url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt5fda79c4796f54e0\/682b190ac25d792c0a0b8c7f\/biden-family.jpeg\")
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