Biden Speaks Out After Diagnosis

(Newser) – Big names around the nation—including President Trump—have made public statements after the cancer diagnosis of Joe Biden, and now the former president has made his own.

• "Cancer touches us all," Biden tweeted. "Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support."

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• The 82-year-old Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that cannot be cured, but he still could have years to live.
• Biden is at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, reports NBC News, though it was not clear where he would be receiving treatment.
• One less-than-supportive reaction gaining some attention is from the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reports USA Today. He backed a conspiracy theory that Biden had been diagnosed as president. "What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup?" Newsweek points out that Jill Biden has a doctorate in education, not medicine.

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