A fight against cancer and a struggle to amass an inheritance for his family are setting up a somber final chapter.

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to a statement from his office released Sunday afternoon.

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,

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,

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.