Former President Joe Biden's office announced on May 18 that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer two days earlier, following the discovery of a prostate nodule. President Donald Trump and others have suggested,

The revelation of former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis has seemed to halt the ongoing debate over his fitness for office. But the co-author of the new book “Original Sin” tells Variety that conversation is fair,

Donald Trump misspoke in off-the-cuff remarks on May 19, saying he felt 'sad' to learn that Joe Biden has 'stage 9' prostate cancer. His comments came one day after Biden revealed he has stage 4 prostate cancer,

All this is being said here not to elicit sympathy for Joe Biden but to underscore a simple point: Undiscovered or left unaddressed, the things that ail us—people, systems, or institutions—will work their way to bone. And when they do, there are no straightforward treatments. There are no easy cures.

Peter A. McCullough, a former cardiologist who promoted unproven treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine at the height of the pandemic, posted a video to Instagram claiming that Biden’s cancer was “turbo cancer.”

Biden, even after he has exited political life and as he faces a serious cancer diagnosis, remains a factor in the conversation about his party's political future.