Former President Joe Biden has accomplished a course of radiation therapy as he battles prostate cancer, a spokesperson for Biden informed NCS.
It is unclear what Biden’s subsequent treatment steps could be. The spokesperson didn’t present particulars about future treatment choices for the previous president, who will flip 83 subsequent month.
Biden’s daughter, Ashley, posted a brief video of her father ringing the bell, a custom for many cancer sufferers upon finishing a spherical of treatment, at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia.
“Rung the Bell!” Ashley Biden wrote in an Instagram story. “Thank you to the incredible doctors, nurses, and staff at Penn Medicine. We are so grateful!”
Another photograph that includes the previous president; his spouse, Dr. Jill Biden; Ashley; and two grandchildren consists of the caption, “Dad has been so damn brave throughout his treatment. Grateful.”
Earlier this month, a spokesperson for Biden confirmed he had began radiation therapy as half of his treatment for prostate cancer. He started a capsule routine to deal with the cancer earlier this 12 months. Biden’s private workplace shared in May that he had been identified with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer that had unfold to his bones.
“The expectation is we’re going to be able to beat this,” Biden told NCS in his first feedback in regards to the analysis two weeks after he obtained it. “It’s not in any organ, it’s in – my bones are strong, it hadn’t penetrated. So, I’m feeling good.”
This 12 months, Biden additionally underwent Mohs surgical procedure, an operation used to take away pores and skin cancer lesions.
Biden is anticipated to talk in Boston on Sunday when he receives a lifetime achievement award on the Edward M. Kennedy Institute. He may even headline an occasion for the Nebraska Democratic Party in Omaha subsequent month.