Overview
- In a BBC Newsnight interview broadcast Friday, Hunter Biden said his father's prostate cancer "has spread, metastasized into his bones and further" and described the illness as very painful and debilitating.
- The update builds on Joe Biden's May 2025 disclosure that he had aggressive, stage‑4 prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9 and that it had already reached his bones.
- Biden began radiation and hormone therapy after the 2025 diagnosis and his team said radiation was completed in October 2025, but no new clinical report from his physicians accompanied Hunter's remarks.
- Family members say he continues to make occasional public appearances while receiving regular monitoring and medicines, and Jill Biden has said he will likely live with cancer long term.
- The personal account has focused fresh attention on transparency about the former president's health, the emotional toll on the Biden family, and possible implications for his treatment plan and public engagements.