Barack Obama has offered his condolences to Joe Biden following his devastating prostate cancer diagnosis – after he and Michelle helped to oust him as the Democrat presidential candidate.
The former president joined a chorus of politicians across both sides of the divide to offer support to the 82-year-old.
‘Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family,’ Obama wrote on X.
‘Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.’
Hours earlier, a spokesperson for Biden revealed he had been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer.
The cancer has since metastasized and spread to his bones.
The health announcement came just one week after reports revealed that a ‘small nodule’ was found on Biden’s prostate that needed ‘further evaluation.’
Biden’s office said the former president ‘was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms’ last week.
‘On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,’