Former President Joe Biden provided an update on his health and encouraged people to get screened for prostate cancer in a post shared on social media on September 8.
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, said Biden, something that is “more personal for me” this year.
Last May, Biden announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and that it had already spread to his bones by the time it was discovered.
“When prostate cancer is caught early, the five-year survival is close to 100 per cent,” he said, encouraging men to “have the conversation with your doctor. Don’t put it off.”
