Former President Joe Biden responded to accusations that he concealed his cancer diagnosis during his presidency in his new book, according to parts of an excerpt published Tuesday.
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The former president was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones in May 2025.
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"What did surprise me was the cynical twist the story took in the political press and among political commentators," Biden wrote in his upcoming memoir, according to MS NOW.
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"Almost immediately, the reaction was: ‘You hid it from us.’
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‘You must have known it.’
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‘You’re lying.’
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Let me tell you something: There isn’t anyone in this world with stage 4 cancer who doesn’t wish it had been caught sooner.
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The memoir, titled "Promise Me, America," is set to be released on Nov. 17.
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Biden reflects on his four years in the White House in the book, covering the COVID-19 pandemic, the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, domestic legislation, global diplomacy and his decision to run for re-election before later stepping aside in 2024.
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The memoir also details the personal deliberations behind his decision to end his 2024 re-election bid.
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"For anyone to think I would try to ignore or hide a cancer ravaging my body is absurd," Biden wrote," according to the excerpt.
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Standard medical protocol is to stop testing men for prostate cancer after the age of seventy.
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Biden said Sudnay that he would not be able to participate in as many conversations about his book as he had hoped because of his treatment.
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It hasn't stopped me.
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But sometimes it slows me down.
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What that means is, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do as many conversations about my book as I’d hoped.
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However, I’m hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves," Biden said.
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"In the daily grind of the White House, it could be difficult to step back and take the long view — because so much was happening every minute," Biden wrote in his book, according to the excerpt.
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"But now, from my lake house, I am able to slow down and savor the results of my Presidency.
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Biden's memoir comes after several books about the 2024 election shed light on the Biden administration's decision-making leading up to the election, including former Vice President Kamala Harris' "107 Days," released in 2025.
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Harris' book focused mostly on her short campaign for the presidency, but also included some insight into her relationship with Biden and his team.
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Harris wrote in her book that she felt her decision to remain silent about Biden's 2024 re-election bid had been reckless.
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'It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.'
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We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized.
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In retrospect, I think it was recklessness.
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This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition.
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It should have been more than a personal decision," Harris wrote.
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Former First Lady Jill Biden also released a memoir that detailed her feelings and experiences throughout the 2024 campaign, including her husband's June 2024 debate performance, which ultimately led to him exiting the race.
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