The news of Joe Biden’s cancer outlook rocked the D.C. world. There’s been major questions raised.
Now doctors have shocked the nation regarding former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis, admitting “this is odd.”
Democrats’ Deception: Hiding Joe Biden’s Health Crisis Undermines Trust
The revelation of former President Joe Biden’s aggressive metastatic prostate cancer, announced by his personal office on Sunday, has reignited a firestorm of questions about the transparency—or lack thereof—within his administration. Diagnosed just four months after leaving office in January 2025, Biden’s condition, rated a severe 9 out of 10, likely began years earlier, during his presidency. This bombshell raises a critical issue: Democrats, who have a documented history of obfuscating Biden’s health struggles, cannot be trusted to claim ignorance or innocence now. The pattern of concealment is too stark to ignore.
The announcement comes amid renewed scrutiny over Biden’s mental and physical fitness during his term, fueled by the recent release of interview tapes from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents post-vice presidency. These tapes expose a sitting president struggling to recall key details, such as the year he left the vice presidency or the death of his son, often slurring words or muttering incoherently. This is not new information but a confirmation of what many suspected—and what Democrats dismissed—for years.
Medical experts are now weighing in, asserting that Biden’s advanced prostate cancer could not have emerged in the short window since he left office. Dr. Howard Forman, a physician and Yale School of Medicine professor, took to X to call the timeline “inconceivable,” noting that such a severe condition would have been detected earlier through routine PSA blood tests, common for older Americans. “This is odd,” Forman remarked, hinting at the improbability of the cancer going unnoticed during Biden’s presidency.
Prostate cancer is typically identified through PSA tests and rectal exams, with severity ranked on a 6-10 scale. Biden’s score of 9 indicates an aggressive form that, according to experts, takes years to progress to metastasis. Dr. Steven Quay, posting on X, estimated a “5-7 year journey” for such a cancer to reach this stage without treatment. He went further, suggesting that a first diagnosis in May 2025 would constitute “malpractice” and that Biden “was highly likely” carrying this diagnosis throughout his White House tenure, unbeknownst to the public.
Dr. Zeke Emanuel, a former Biden COVID-19 advisory council member and brother of Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, corroborated this timeline on MSNBC. “He did not develop it in the last 100, 200 days. He had it while he was president. He probably had it at the start of his presidency in 2021. Yes, I don’t think there’s any disagreement about that,” Emanuel stated. The medical consensus is clear: Biden’s health issues were not a sudden development but a long-standing condition hidden from view.
This revelation compounds existing accusations that the Biden administration concealed not only his physical health but also his mental decline. The Hur tapes, released in full on Saturday, reveal long pauses and memory lapses not disclosed in earlier transcripts released by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. These omissions suggest a deliberate effort to downplay concerns about Biden’s capacity, which were already evident during his faltering performance in the first 2024 presidential debate against now-President Trump—a performance so disastrous it led to Biden’s withdrawal from the race.
The Democrats’ history of dismissing concerns about Biden’s health is well-documented. In March 2024, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough insisted, “Biden is far beyond cogent. He is better than he has ever been intellectually, analytically. He is the best Biden ever.” Such statements now ring hollow, as they clash with the reality of Biden’s struggles captured on tape and observed by those around him. The media’s complicity in downplaying these issues further erodes public trust.
Polling reflects this growing skepticism. A January 2025 Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 registered voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.1%, found that 60% of Americans believed there was a “coordinated effort to cover up the president’s mental and physical decline.” Only 31% thought Biden was “fully in charge” during his final year. These numbers, collected before the cancer diagnosis, point to a public already wary of the administration’s honesty.
The cancer diagnosis adds fuel to allegations of a broader cover-up. If Biden’s staff concealed his physical and mental health issues, what else might they have hidden? Last month, the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project raised concerns about Biden’s use of an “autopen” to sign official documents, including controversial pardons at the end of his term. This suggests staff may have acted without Biden’s full awareness, calling into question the legitimacy of his actions in his final days.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer has vowed to investigate these claims, focusing on whether Biden was mentally fit to authorize the autopen or if staffers acted unilaterally. The investigation aims to uncover whether the administration’s lack of transparency extended to bypassing the president’s authority, a serious breach of public trust.
The Hur report, delivered to Attorney General Merrick Garland in February 2024, already hinted at Biden’s diminished capacity. Despite finding that Biden “willfully” kept and shared classified memos, Hur recommended against charges, noting that Biden would likely appear to a jury as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” This assessment, coupled with the tapes, confirms what many observed but were told to ignore.
Hollywood and liberal media, once quick to dismiss health concerns, are now shifting gears. A forthcoming book by Axios reporter Alex Thompson and CNN anchor Jake Tapper, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, details efforts by Biden’s family and aides to obscure his health issues. Set for release on Tuesday, the book marks a turning point, with even liberal outlets acknowledging the deception.
One striking anecdote from the book describes a June 2024 fundraiser where Biden failed to recognize actor George Clooney, a longtime supporter. “Biden hobbled out from around the corner. Clooney knew the president had just arrived from the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Apulia, Italy, that morning and might be tired, but hooooooooooly s*it, he wasn’t expecting this,” the excerpt reads. Clooney’s shock reflects the gap between the public image Democrats crafted and the reality of Biden’s condition.
Clooney later wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, stating, “It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.” His words capture the betrayal felt by many who trusted the Democrats’ assurances.
Some Democrats, like strategist David Axelrod, argue that Biden’s cancer diagnosis should halt scrutiny of his mental decline. “Discussions of the former president’s mental decline should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this,” Axelrod said. This plea for sympathy sidesteps accountability, ignoring the public’s right to know about their leader’s capacity.
The Biden administration’s pattern of obfuscation—on mental acuity, physical health, and even the use of an autopen—demands skepticism. The Democrats’ insistence on dismissing concerns, only to be contradicted by medical experts, polling, and now even their own allies in the media, reveals a troubling disregard for transparency. The public deserves answers, not deflections.
The health of a president is not a private matter when it impacts their ability to govern. The Democrats’ failure to disclose Biden’s condition, coupled with their dismissal of legitimate concerns, erodes any claim to credibility.
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