Joe Biden says he is “optimistic” for the future. The former American president told the press on Friday to feel “good”, in his first public declaration since since The announcement of his prostate cancer.
“Well, the prognosis is good. You know, we work on everything. It is moving forward. So, I feel good, “said Joe Biden, 82, after a striking event late the” Memorial Day “, a public holiday every year on the last Monday in May the American soldiers who died on a mission.
“We are all optimistic about the diagnosis. In fact, one of the best surgeons in the world works with me, “he added.
“We are going to beat” this cancer
The services of Joe Biden had announced on May 18 that the former Democratic President had been diagnosed a few days earlier by an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer with “bone metastases”. This cancer is level 9 on the score of Gleason, which assesses the levels of aggressiveness of prostate cancer on a scale up to 10.
The Democrat explained on Friday to have decided to follow a regime as part of his treatment. “Our forecast is that we are going to beat,” this cancer, he added. “It is not in any organ, my bones are solid, it did not penetrate. So I feel good, ”he said.
The announcement of his cancer rekindled speculation, fed by his successor Donald Trump and the republican camp, arounda possible concealment of the state of health declining the Democrat by those around him during his mandate.
Joe Biden had retired late from the 2024 presidential race, against a background of concerns about his state of health after a calamitous debate against Donald Trump.
Asked about this controversy on Friday, the former president replied with sarcasm: “I am mentally incompetent and I cannot walk”. He assured that he did not regret that he was initially presented to the presidential election for a second term and considered that his democratic opponents should have challenged him but had given them up because he would have “beat them”.
Joe Biden also attended a mass on Friday, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the death of his eldest son, Beau, died in 2015 from brain cancer at 46. “To be honest, it’s a difficult day,” he recognized.
