Joe Biden's Last PSA Test Was Eleven Years Ago? We're Supposed to Believe That?

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Sometimes something comes along, usually from Washington, that just doesn't pass the smell test. While we won't wish cancer on anyone, nevertheless, the more we learn about the facts and history of former President Biden's diagnosis, announced on Sunday, the more questions it raises. 

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Here's the latest: A Biden spokesperson, according to CNN reporter Arlette Saenz, is claiming that the former president's last PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test was in 2014.

Baloney.

Arlette Saenz: 

A Biden spokesperson tells me that the former President Joe Biden, his last known PSA, which is a screening that could be used for prostate cancer, was conducted in 2014, and that he was never diagnosed with cancer before the Friday diagnosis that was handed (sic) from his doctors. Now to give you a bit of a background, the PSA test checks the blood for levels of a protein called Prostate Specific Antigen that might indicate the presence of prostate cancer. Many medical associations say that whether to have this test is usually determined between a patient and their doctor and independent experts who have reviewed some screening studies for U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend against screening for prostate cancer for men 70 and older. In 2014, Biden would have been in that 71-72 age range. 

Now this new disclosure from Biden spokesperson comes as President Donald Trump and some of his allies have questioned why Biden's cancer diagnosis was not revealed earlier. On Friday, Biden received that diagnosis of prostate cancer which has spread to his bones, his office disclosed that on Sunday, and now they are providing a bit more background into what some of his previous screening has been like, so that last PSA, the last known PSA, was in 2014 when he was Vice President.

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Ms. Saenz does accurately present the upper age limit for prostate testing, that is, unless you listen to the American Cancer Society, which calls for testing if you are over 50 and at average risk - they don't name an upper limit. The American Urological Association recommends no screening when over 70, while the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calls for testing for men aged 55 to 69.


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Even so, this latest claim still sets off the old Bravo Sierra detector. Here's why.

First of all, the former president's cancer is at an advanced stage. Prostate cancers are notoriously slow in developing; my urologist (yes, like many men my age, I see a urologist yearly) says that most of the less dangerous prostate cancers are only detected at autopsy. But Mr. Biden is said to have a more serious kind of cancer, and it's straining credulity that he hasn't had some symptoms that would have prompted him to consult his physician, especially while he was still president. And he was, we must remind ourselves with trepidation, until only four months ago.

Second, the American Cancer Society's recommendation of "men over 50" seems like it would be the one that, in an abundance of caution, would apply to the Vice President or the President of the United States. These people get (at least) annual examinations, and generally, much is made of the release of the results of those physicals. My father had a PSA check as part of his yearly checkups into his 90s; I know because he used to brag about the results of his physicals, as a lifetime in the outdoors had made him one tough old man. It's not likely that the leader of the free world would be allowed to just opt out of a test that might reveal cancer.

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Mr. Biden's cancer is serious and advanced. It's not likely that it just went unnoticed this long.

The former president’s prostate cancer has been characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (grade group 5) with "metastasis to the bone." The ranking of Biden's cancer on the Gleason scale, a grading system for prostate cancer severity, has sparked concerns, as it correlates with high-grade cancer.

While we may sympathize with old Joe and the Bidens for this diagnosis, especially after the loss of Beau Biden to cancer, we cannot overlook the national security aspects of all this. Joe Biden was mentally and physically impaired. Republicans and many independents were expressing doubts as to old Joe's capacity from the time he took office, and Democrats in the White House and Congress ran interference even as Joe Biden grew visibly more impaired and less capable. They continued to gaslight the American public until Joe's disastrous debate performance, when they couldn't hide it any longer - but they kept him in office.

This is the scandal of the century - so far. This cover-up of an enfeebled president placed the nation in serious danger. The American people deserve to know what happened, and more importantly, why it happened. And one of the people who must answer some of these questions, one who was intimately and daily involved in this cover-up, was the person whom the Democrats anointed to replace Joe: Kamala Harris. This serves as one more reminder of the fact that we, the American people, last November, dodged not only a bullet, but an entire ammunition factory.

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Editor's Note: This article was updated post-publication to reflect that CNN's Arlette Saenz was the reporter shown in the video clip. We regret the error.

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