How long has Joe been sick?
A leading oncologist who previously worked for former President Joe Biden claimed Monday that the former POTUS likely had prostate cancer well before the public announcement of his diagnosis on Sunday — possibly for “a decade.”
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a former member of Biden’s transition team and key architect of the Affordable Care Act, surprised MSNBC’s left-leaning Morning Joe by suggesting the 82-year-old may have had the disease while still in office.
“He’s had this for many years, maybe even a decade, growing there and spreading,” Emanuel told the Biden-supporting hosts early Monday. “He did not develop it in the last 100 to 200 days.”
“He had it while he was president. He probably had it at the start of his presidency in 2021. Yes, I don’t think there’s any disagreement about that.”
Emanuel said while some doctors advise against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests after age 70, Biden should have undergone the screenings earlier in life.
“He was vice president and had a lot of exams under 70. So it’s a little surprising that they didn’t do it,” the oncologist said.
“And maybe President Biden decided he didn’t want the test. Many men do decide they don’t want a PSA, but this is also aggressive.
“When we talk about the aggressive part, what we mean is that Gleason score, that score is from two up to 10. And he’s a nine. And that means that the cancer doesn’t look normal, it looks very abnormal, which is probably why it’s in the bone,” he continued.
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🚨 HOLY SMOKES! Dr. Zeke Emanuel just went on MSNBC and told Morning Joe that Biden DEFINITELY had cancer during his presidency – IN 2021!
In other words – IT WAS HIDDEN. Scarborough is SHOCKED.
JOE: "This is NOT speculation [right?] He had it when he was president?"
EMANUEL:… pic.twitter.com/wqCZjslNlU
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 19, 2025
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