Overview
- President Joe Biden wrote on social media on Sunday that cancer treatment sometimes “slows” him and that he will do fewer in-person conversations to promote his memoir.
- Promise Me, America is scheduled for release on November 17 and publisher excerpts say the book lays out his presidency and the “deeply agonizing calculation” behind his summer 2024 decision to step aside.
- Biden’s office disclosed in May 2025 that he has an aggressive prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9 and bone metastasis, and news reports say he has since undergone radiation therapy, hormone treatment, and follow-ups for skin cancer.
- He said his doctors are encouraged by his response to treatment, but family accounts, including comments from his son Hunter, have described the disease as painful and sometimes debilitating.
- Biden turns 84 later this month, and his reduced public schedule will likely shift attention to the memoir’s text and media excerpts as the primary way he addresses questions about his health and his presidency.