How was Joe Biden’s cancer not caught earlier? The news that the former president is battling an aggressive, stage-4 prostate cancer that has spread to the bone ignited a public debate about why a person with peerless access to medical care was diagnosed at such an advanced stage with a disease that is quite common in men his age.

Former President Joe Biden's office announced on May 18 that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer two days earlier, following the discovery of a prostate nodule. President Donald Trump and others have suggested,

The revelation of former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis has seemed to halt the ongoing debate over his fitness for office. But the co-author of the new book “Original Sin” tells Variety that conversation is fair,

The book said that the Biden family wanted to keep Beau Biden’s cancer diagnosis a secret and misled the media about his condition.

Donald Trump misspoke in off-the-cuff remarks on May 19, saying he felt 'sad' to learn that Joe Biden has 'stage 9' prostate cancer. His comments came one day after Biden revealed he has stage 4 prostate cancer,

Peter A. McCullough, a former cardiologist who promoted unproven treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine at the height of the pandemic, posted a video to Instagram claiming that Biden’s cancer was “turbo cancer.”

Biden, even after he has exited political life and as he faces a serious cancer diagnosis, remains a factor in the conversation about his party's political future.