WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden said in a BBC interview that his father, former U.S. President Joe Biden, is experiencing worsening effects from prostate cancer, saying the disease has spread to his bones and beyond.
“The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further,” Hunter Biden said in the interview broadcast on Friday, according to the Associated Press. He described the illness as very painful and debilitating.
Joe Biden, 83, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in May 2025 after doctors found a prostate nodule following urinary symptoms. His personal office said at the time that the cancer had a Gleason score of 9, the highest Grade Group, and had already metastasized to the bone.
Biden's office said when the diagnosis was announced that the cancer appeared to be hormone-sensitive, allowing for effective management, and that he and his family were reviewing treatment options with his physicians.
In October 2025, a spokesperson confirmed that Biden was undergoing radiation and hormone therapy for the cancer.
Hunter Biden's latest comments provide a new account of his father's condition, but no new medical assessment or statement from Biden's doctors was immediately available confirming the extent of any further spread. Recent reporting has described Biden as continuing treatment for metastatic cancer.
