The health of former President Joe Biden has been a hot topic of conversation of late, with multiple Democrat insiders coming forward to confess their long-held concerns regarding his ability to serve as president in a second term. Now that it's safely past the 2024 elections, the tell-all books and commentary abound.
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But a new health issue has arisen for the former president. Per reports on Tuesday, doctors found a small nodule in his prostate during a recent physical examination.
“In a routine physical exam a small nodule was found in the prostate which necessitated further evaluation,” a spokesperson told ABC News.
A “small nodule” can mean a wide range of things and will require further testing to understand the underlying cause. It is too early to say if it is a benign lump caused by inflammation or something more serious.
As noted, the nature of the nodule has not yet been determined, so it's too soon to say if this is cancer or some other type of inflammation. Biden, of course, was previously diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma after a lesion removed from his chest was found to be cancerous.
"As expected, the biopsy confirmed that the small lesion was basal cell carcinoma," White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said at the time. "All cancerous tissue was successfully removed. … No further treatment is required."
"Basal cell carcinoma lesions do not tend to 'spread' or metastasize, as some more serious skin cancers such as melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma are known to do," O'Connor explained. "They do, however, have the potential to increase in size, resulting in a more significant issue as well as increased challenges for surgical removal."
The discovery of the nodule in his prostate came following a Philadelphia hospital visit on Friday.
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Following his departure from the Oval Office in January, Biden had kept a relatively low profile until recently, when he emerged to deliver a speech in Chicago and sat down for interviews with "The View" and the BBC.
Biden will undergo further evaluation regarding the nodule.
This is a developing story. RedState will provide further updates as they become available.
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