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Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The announcement comes four months after the 82-year-old left office.
NPR's Luke Garrett has this update.
Last week,
former President Biden went to the doctors and was evaluated for a small nodule found in his prostate.
The 82-year-old had also been, quote,
experiencing increasing urinary symptoms, end quote, according to a statement.
It goes on to say that Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday and that the cancer received a Gleason score of nine.
This means it's a more aggressive case.
The statement ends by saying that the cancer, quote, appears to be hormone sensitive,
which allows for effective management, end quote,
and that the Bidens are reviewing treatment options.
That's NPR's Luke Garrett.
In Palm Springs, California,