President Donald Trump issued a scathing statement about his presidential predecessor, Joe Biden.
On May 18, Biden's personal office issued a statement which revealed that the former President had been diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer.
The statement continued: "Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms.
"On Friday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone."
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Prostate cancers are scored by the Gleason score, which measures the severity on a scale of one to 10. This takes into consideration how the cancerous cells look compared to normal cells, which means that a score of nine suggests that the cancer is among the most 'aggressive' forms after metastasis (spreads).
It continued: " While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management. The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians."
Shortly after, the 82-year-old broke his silence when he shared a picture of himself, his wife, Jill, and their cat to X, writing: "Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places.
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"Thank you for lifting us up with love and support."
After the initial statement was released, Trump wrote on Truth Social to wish his predecessor a 'successful recovery'.
He wrote: "Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery."
However, since then, he's faced some criticism for certain comments, and last week, he claimed he was 'surprised' that the 'public wasn't notified a long time ago' after Biden's cancer diagnosis was announced (via Sky News).
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And while speaking with the press on May 30 during his Oval Office press conference regarding Elon Musk's position in the White House, Trump was asked about Biden's diagnosis, leading the POTUS to call him 'somewhat vicious'.
"[Biden's] been a sort of moderate person over his lifetime," he said. "Not a smart person, but a somewhat vicious person, I will say."
He added: "If you feel sorry for him, don't feel so sorry, because he's vicious. What he did with his political opponent and all of the people that he hurt - he hurt a lot of people, Biden, so I really don't feel sorry for him."
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Before this, Trump also referred to the Biden administration as 'monsters who want our country to go to hell', People Magazine reports.
Following Trump and a few other Republican's claims of Biden's diagnosis allegedly being withheld, Chris Meagher, a spokesperson for Biden, denied it and told The New York Times that the former president's last-known prostate-specific antigen test was in 2014, and he'd never received a cancer diagnosis before the announcement by his office was made.
UNILAD reached out to Joe Biden's representatives for comment.
Topics: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Politics, US News
Britt Jones