Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer

Countdown to Trump saying something deplorable. 10...9...8...

fuck, i prayed for this but it hit the wrong president

metastasis to the bone

Yeah, he's not making it.

It should have happened to Trump. Not that Biden is a good guy, but it would be nice if Trump died of an ass related illness.

Thank goodness he lives in a country where the cancer hospitals haven't been bombed out of existence with weapons funded by the United States under the leadership of Joe Biden.

Since this is an opportunity to educate people about health, I will not discuss politics here. :)

• If you're a guy, your urinary tract is stupidly complicated from a medical viewpoint and there's a prostate beneath the bladder which hydrogenates testosterone (T is produced by the brain) into dihydrotestosterone, produces fluid to mix the seminal fluid with, and generally supports fertility and gender specific phenotype.

• With progressing age, the prostate enlarges, gets infected with HPV (nearly everyone gets it) and may get bacterial infections (typical ones are E. coli). It may also develop calcinations.

• Risk is reduced if you live in Asia and eat a traditional menu containing much soy bean products which enables guys in those regions to enjoy several times less prostate cancer.

• Risk is increased with nearly every urinary tract infection, especially if not conclusively diagnosed and treated.

• After the age of 40, regularly have PSA (prostate specific antigen) measured from a blood test. It tells how much disintegration and immune reaction is occurring down there.

• Regularly have ultrasound check-ups done. If there are UTI symptoms, treatment must not occur blindly, but must be followed by observation.

• If you are young and your home country has medical insurance that covers HPV vaccination, get it while it's free (because it costs 150 € a dose). If you're rich enough, there may be a point in getting it later too, especially if you've not had unsafe sex (it doesn't protect after infection). The majority of people get HPV during their lives and approximately 9 strains cause cervical cancer in women and raise the risk of prostate cancer in men. By getting vaccinated against HPV, you protect both yourself and your partners from drawing a ticket in a quite nasty lottery.

• As long as prostate cancer is androgen dependent, it can be suppressed with an androgen blockade.

Stage 4 cancer with metastasis? Not gonna make it. No amount of money or power can stop a dead man walking.

But it does make ya wonder why he wanted to run for a second term. He probably won't make it to the end of the current administration.

He won't live long enough to see the major impact of slow rolling Trump's arrest.

I wish cancer got the other guy, but I feel no sympathy for an old racist who betrayed various words and didn't fight back against the fascist hard enough.

Why can't the current president get aggressive cancer? Everyone would love that (although I would pity the cancer).

It's going to be interesting to see how Trump will handle that state funeral

What are these comments? You people are vile.

With all the best doctors the presidents have, they discover it only at the fourth stage?

I'm a lowly peasant and my work let me do a yearly blood+pee test, I assumed that for presidents it would be something like a weekly checkup

Kinda wish this happened on like January 1, 2024, we might've had an open Democratic Primary and potentially averted fascism.

This guy wanted another term this time last year.

[Edit] Oh, and some of you all thought it was a good idea. Lol.

Biden has cancer, what's Trump's excuse? 😕

Lucky for him he’ll get the best medical treatment on the planet. Meanwhile if I broke a leg I’d be destitute

God, thats fucking terrible. We put him through the riger the last couple years & now this? This is the worst timeline.

This comment section shows that even on decentralized, less mainstream platforms there's a lot of people behaving similarly to what would be called bots on Reddit. Come on, guys, we can do better than this.

We can acknowledge Joe Biden's crimes and failures without cheering his sickness and wishing him a painful death. Same with Donald Trump and all the other scummy politicians.

We can also disagree about various policies, issues or parties while treating each other with respect and an open mind, instead of degrading all discussion to 'communism vs capitalism' or 'democracy vs fascism' arguments.

I know it can be difficult to remain civil towards government officials who are essentially criminals, and anyone who supports or seems to support them in any capacity. However, I personally think we should try.

Who's misusing the Monkey Paw for wishes? Be specific next time!

Wishing him all the best. I have seen quite a few men die to that disease (no one dies of prostate cancer but it spreads really fast and to really bad places).

Good luck Biden.

This is sad. Taking into account of how he was treated by the DNC and how 2024 went down, this is just the shit cherry on the shit sundae.

I don't have empathy for genocidal war criminals. Fuck Cancer tho.

Crazy, my dad was just diagnosed with the same cancer a few days ago. Not as aggressive, but on the higher end of the Gleason score. Hoping biden continues to live a long and healthy life

I wish Joe well. Terrible thing to have to deal with.

I always love the cognitive dissonance people have seeing others hope that a man directly responsible for a metric ton of civilian deaths, succumbing to a painful death, is not ethically correct.

I mean people seem to have zero issue with United Healthcare. Exorbitant Healthcare costs is the equivalent of death, but literally bombing hospitals and refugee camps isn't?

Not to mention that he'll be receiving the latest and greatest in medical aid anyway, so there's a fair chance he'll survive. A lot of geriatric asshat world leaders contracted covid and still lived.

I can't even tell if this is DNC shilling because several people have implied they would treat Trump the same. Wth kind of moral compass are yall following lol?

Ahh the self proclaimed Zionist. 19b to bomb Palestine. Karma came back to say hello.

Soon he'll be stopping black kids from getting education in Heaven 😊

When a genocidal war criminal gets a horrific terminal cancer, it is certainly cause for celebration.

As usual, old fuckers don't have to live with the consequences of their (in)actions.

Well at least that definitely puts a stop to any misguided second term ambitions.

I wonder how the reaction here would be if trump had this happen to him instead. Fuck being polite about awful people.

He deserves worse for his support of genocide

This is why after 60, I’m not going to try to be president. I’m retiring. Guy spent the last few good years he had stressed out running the country when he should’ve been playing bingo and sitting on a beach.

God had mercy on this genocidal war criminal by giving him a portion of his punishment on earth

This morning while driving to work I heard on NPR that doctors recommend screenings for people between 50 and 60 years of age. The guy said that older people like 70's and 80's have more problems and I missed exactly what the reasoning other than aggravating them with one more problem was for not screening that group actively.

But you and I know. Its simple! 50 and 60 year olds are still working do they got money. 80 year olds don't have money. No reason to screen them. Sure the treatments work...kinda sorta. But the treatments are expensive. So if you're 80 its not important that they find your cancer because they can't make money from you. If you're well to do, then sure, we can try our methods. But if you got no money, there's no point. What are you going to do anyway with no job and no money. Even if you could pay, then what? Sell the car and house and live on the streets? Would that be worse? Not really the doctors don't care if they got paid. Its all about the money.

Nice.

Genocide Joe

Has got to go.

I wish him ease of his suffering in direct proportion to how much he eased innocent Palestinians suffering. Seems only fair.

Thanks, Obama. /s

No one can say he wasnt a consequential president. Maybe not good consequences, but definitely consequences.

Who fuckin cares

Well I mean having that disgusting drumpf crawling up your ass daily just seems like it would cause cancer...

Someone play hangman with me.
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Remember the "putin is going mad because he has cancer" headlines?

What I find so annoying is how there are so many people (outside of this platform) who are just shocked and devastated about this news. I am over here like...the man is in his eighties. He is an elderly man. We should not be that surprised about some illness popping up at that age.

Yet despite the cancer’s apparent aggressiveness, its hormone-sensitive nature offers a viable treatment pathway, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Prepare yourself for femboy biden!

Man. That is harsh.

Oh shit...