Overview

• Biden's personal office confirmed the skin cancer operation to NBC News and said he is recovering satisfactorily, without disclosing the date.
• Recent public appearances in Delaware and Rehoboth Beach showed a large bandage on his head following the procedure.
• Mohs surgery removes cancerous tissue layer by layer to ensure clear margins while preserving healthy skin, according to medical references cited in reports.
• Doctors previously removed a cancerous chest lesion during a 2023 exam at Walter Reed, and his physicians have maintained dermatologic surveillance.
• In May, his office disclosed a Gleason 9, Grade Group 5 prostate cancer with metastasis to bone that is under treatment and described as hormone-sensitive.