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Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Biden is 82,
and NPR's Tamara Keith reports he was America's oldest president to serve in the office.
According to a statement from Biden's personal office,
the cancer has metastasized to bone and is a more aggressive form of prostate cancer.
But it appears to be hormone sensitive, which means there are options for effective management.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer.
in elderly men.
For Biden, the diagnosis came after experiencing urinary symptoms.
The statement goes on to say that the former president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.
This comes as media attention has been focused on Biden's decline while in office,
as documented in a forthcoming book.
Tamara Keith, NPR News.