Joe Biden says he feels “well” in his first speech from the announcement of his cancer

The former US president, Joe Biden, said on Friday, May 30 to the press to feel “good” and “optimistic” for the future, in his first public statement since the announcement of his prostate cancer.

“Well, the forecast is good. You know, we work on everything. Keep going. So I feel good,” said Joe Biden, 82, after a striking event. Fallen DayHolidays in honor on the last Monday of May the American soldiers who died on a mission every year.

“We are all optimistic about the diagnosis. In fact, one of the best surgeons in the world works with me,” he added.

“Let’s win” this cancer

Joe Biden’s services had announced on May 18 that the former Democratic president had been diagnosed as an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer with “bone metastases” a few days before.

This cancer is level 9 in the Gleason score, which evaluates the levels of aggressiveness of prostate cancer on a scale of up to 10.

The Democrat explained on Friday that he decided to follow a regime as part of his treatment. “Our prognosis is that we are going to defeat” this cancer, he added.

“It is not in any organ, my bones are solid, they did not penetrate. So, I feel good,” he repeated.

Accusations of hiding your sweeping health

The announcement of his cancer revived speculation, fueled by his successor Donald Trump and the Republican field, around a possible concealment of the state of health that decreased to the Democrats for their entourage during their mandate.

Joe Biden had retired late from the 2024 presidential race, in a context of concerns about his health status after a calamite debate against Donald Trump.

When asked about this controversy on Friday, the former president responded with sarcasm: “I am mentally incompetent and I cannot walk.” He assured that he did not regret having initially presented the presidential elections for a second mandate and considered that his democratic opponents should have challenged him, but they had renounced him because “he would have overcome.”

Joe Biden also attended a Mass on Friday, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of his eldest son, Beau, died in 2015 for brain cancer at age 46. “To be honest, it’s a difficult day,” he said.