Upon hearing the news, some of America’s top doctors also questioned how a former president could be diagnosed with late stage prostate cancer — which can be detected early with routine bloodwork recommended for all men over the age of 50.

“It is inconceivable that this was not being followed before he left the Presidency,” wrote Dr. Howie Forman, a professor of radiology and biomedical imaging, public health management and economics at Yale.

He noted the test for prostate-specific antigen would have shown he had cancer “for some time before this diagnosis”, given how aggressive it is.

The lack of official diagnosis has also sparked accusations, including from Donald Trump Jr, that Biden’s cancer was kept quiet while he was still in office.

Far-right activist Laura Loomer’s claims from back in July 2024 that Biden had a terminal illness are now being reamplified by his critics.

Pro-MAGA X users are also reupping Biden’s statement to camera in 2022, when he bluntly said he had cancer, which aides insisted at the time was a misunderstanding.