President Joe Biden has fully recovered from a battle with cancer he had last month, TMZ reported. The reports emerged as per the doctors who are giving him the all-clear.
The lesion, detected during a routine medical examination, was a basal cell carcinoma, which “do not tend to ‘spread’ or metastasize.” The White House announced Friday a lesion was found on Biden’s chest last month during his annual physical, and after a biopsy, doctors determined it was malignant. White House Dr. Kevin O’Connor said it was basal cell carcinoma, but they were able to remove all the cancerous tissue.
Perhaps most importantly, O’Connor also said, “No further treatment is required.”
“The site of the biopsy has healed nicely and the president will continue dermatologic surveillance as part of his ongoing comprehensive healthcare,” O’Connor said in the Friday report.
He noted that basal cell carcinoma were generally more innocuous than “more serious skin cancers such as melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma.”
“President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those of as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief,” O’Connor, said in February following Biden’s medical examination.
The lesion was removed during Biden’s annual medical checkup on February 16, after which the president was declared “fit for duty.” The 80-year-old commander-in-chief is inching closer to officially announcing his bid for re-election in 2024. Biden’s critics have already tried to make his age and health an issue.
GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley’s suggested mandatory competency testing for all politicians over 75, including Donald Trump, Biden’s likely opponent. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden also had 2 cancerous lesions removed in January. She’s already publicly stated she’s down for another White House run and the President’s expected to make it official any day now.
