When former President Joe Biden revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis this week — and not just any cancer, but one that had already spread to his bones — the nation was stunned. Questions immediately swirled: How was it missed for so long? Why wasn’t it caught earlier, especially given his access to world-class healthcare while in office? Could this happen to others?
According to top doctors who spoke to the Daily Mail, the answer is as unsettling as the diagnosis itself: Yes, it could happen to millions of American men. And it already is.
Biden, 82, is now battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer, graded at a Gleason score of 9 and placed in Grade Group 5 — both indicators of a fast-growing, high-risk cancer. The disease, doctors say, was likely developing silently for years, possibly even before he took office in 2021. But here’s the frightening part: that delay in detection might not be a failure of oversight — it could be a result of standard medical policy.
