\u201cLast week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n
It added: \u201cWhile this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden and his family \u201care reviewing treatment options with his physicians,\u201d the statement said, per CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n The new health diagnosis comes amid the publishing of new books and reports that faulted aides to the former president for hiding his deteriorating mental capacities during his presidency.<\/p>\n In January, CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper, who along with a co-writer is set to release a book called \u201cOriginal Sin,\u201d whereby they document Biden\u2019s mental troubles and how they were hidden from the public, reminded<\/a> Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., how he was \u201crelentlessly harsh against Special Counsel Robert Hur\u201d and his report on the then-president despite it being \u201cpretty accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n Tapper referenced Schiff\u2019s questioning of then-President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s then-Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, particularly in light of her claim that most Americans no longer trust the Justice Department, Fox News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Schiff attributed the criticism of the DOJ to Republicans \u201ctrashing\u201d the institution, but Tapper pointed out that he and other Democrats had also criticized the Justice Department in the past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cPresident Biden gave a pretty harsh assessment of the investigation into his son Hunter,\u201d Tapper began. \u201cHe basically threw the Justice Department under the bus there for those investigations. And Democrats, including you, were relentlessly harsh against Special Counsel Robert Hur for making an observation that proved pretty accurate, about how Joe Biden might appear to a jury as a \u2018well-meaning, elderly man\u00a0with a poor memory.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was critical of that for good reason,\u201d Schiff argued. \u201cAnd that is, you don\u2019t put gratuitous personal observations like that in a prosecutorial memo. You just don\u2019t. And it was done for a political reason,\u201d Schiff claimed, ignoring the fact that Hur\u2019s assessment wasn\u2019t \u2018personal\u2019, it was an observation based on his interactions with Biden \u2014 and that it was spot-on, as newly released audio of Hur\u2019s interview with the former president proves.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it\u2019s not that, you know, everyone, including special counsels, necessarily follow [Department of Justice] policy the way I believe they should. And when they don\u2019t, I call it out. And as indeed I did, I disagreed with the president\u2019s comments about the prosecution of his own son,\u201d Schiff said.<\/p>\n Schiff continued to blame Republicans for a \u201ca multi-year campaign\u201d to paint the Justice Department as the \u201cdeep state.\u201d Tapper provided a brief explanation of the context surrounding Hur\u2019s comments before transitioning to another topic.<\/p>\n